thynnebroods

Updated: July 20, 2025

"The Thynnebroods date from 1395." "But then," said Mrs. Warrender, much amused, shooting a bow at a venture, "their descent counts in the female line." Upon which a deep blush, a wave of trouble and shame, passed over Minnie's countenance. "Only in one case," she cried, "only once; and that you will allow is not much in five hundred years."

Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant - A Country Gentleman and his Family