Lost few or none of her prerogatives.
The servants call'd her mistress still; she kept
The keys, and had the total ordering
Of the house affairs; and, some slight toys excepted,
Was all a moderate wife would wish to be.
Selby. A tale full of dramatic incident!—
And if a man should put it in a play,
How should he name the parties?
Mrs. F. The man's name
Through time I have forgot—the widow's too;—