mother's-in-law

Updated: June 13, 2025

But I presumed that a letter from old Lady Annaly could only be, what I see it is, very edifying." "Old Lady Annaly, is it?" cried Cornelius: "oh! then there's no indiscretion, young man, in the case. You might as well scruple about your mother's letter, if you had one; or your mother's-in-law, which, to be sure, you'll have, I hope, in due course of nature."

Maria Edgeworth - Tales and Novels — Volume 09