"What on earth d'you think [an aunt is] here for, I should like to know?
To be a pattern and example to all aunts . . .; to be a delight to boys [and girls] and a comfort to their parents; and to show that at least one daughter in every generation ought to remain unmarried, [and] raise the profession of auntship to a fine art."
Jan Struther. (1940). Mrs. Miniver. Harcourt, Brace, & Co.
(with thanks to Starr for enlightening me as to the existence of this passage)
2 comments:
:) I'm glad you quoted it here; I'd forgotten where I'd heard it.
--starr
I thought the piece from NPR was great, and it prompted me to find a copy of Mrs. Miniver and hunt down the exact quote.
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