proxy-mother

Updated: May 19, 2025

"I leave Eddy my little diamond necklace for his wife, and he must choose a book. "And Frank is just going to be married, so I would like him to have some bit of my furniture, and his wife my little silver clock. "I leave Jack the little turquoise ring Graham gave me. He must have it made into a stud. She will understand. Lucy was Alfred's little proxy-mother, and she deserves him.

Margot Asquith - Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One