tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post3211785305670042621..comments2023-12-29T04:56:40.723-05:00Comments on NineteenTeen: The Things Writers Worry About: Jumping Out a WindowMarissa Doylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11248406475808085694noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post-23020548288565934682008-11-03T19:32:00.000-05:002008-11-03T19:32:00.000-05:00I agree with the previous comment. I love the fac...I agree with the previous comment. I love the fact that you are thinking this through so carefully - that's the kind of attention to detail that makes a story LIVE, even if the detail never actually makes it into the story. Good for you!Augustina Peachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02877972911614256133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post-56706047096421226942008-10-22T01:28:00.000-04:002008-10-22T01:28:00.000-04:00I'm really late and I don't have much input, but I...I'm really late and I don't have much input, but I just had to say: this is first post I read and I love this blog already. It's so nice to know that people besides me are sweating the details of historical fiction...though I'm not writing any at the moment, I read a lot, and nothing tees me off more than lazy fiction. The fact that this is an entire post about how a lady of the 19th century would leap out a window (or even if she would!) and whether the curtain rods are mahogany or not warms the cockles of my heart. Thank you!<BR/><BR/>Oh and for the record, I think our lady would consider leaping out the window but her good sense and propriety would win in the end and she wouldn't be able to go through with it. Let alone the problems if skirt/petticoat/gaiters/satin slippers, what would she DO once she was out?Katherine of Egypthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03586738766150621788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post-26266731294038054302008-10-11T19:01:00.000-04:002008-10-11T19:01:00.000-04:00Very good thoughts, my dears! Sorry I didn't chim...Very good thoughts, my dears! Sorry I didn't chime in sooner. I'm on travel again, but finally reached a hotel with good internet access.<BR/><BR/>Something I learned this spring when I toured England--in company rooms (withdrawing room, sitting room, ballroom, dining room) sometimes they didn't have curtains at all! Look at the picture again. See the little nob on the wall behind him? That's the handle to a shutter box. Inside are solid wooden shutters, sometimes highly craved or inlaid with gold, that pull shut over the windows, on the inside (unlike the decorative or functional shutters you see in America). If there are curtains too, they are most likely decorative. She's actually in a library, with shutter boxes, so no curtains or bedsheets to help her. And yeah, I agree that if she did it in front of people, her name would be mud. She might not lose her reputation exactly, but they'd probably think she was insane!Regina Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16122254474376535221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post-79950906624567903172008-10-11T06:09:00.000-04:002008-10-11T06:09:00.000-04:00Oh, I can see her jumping. What shoe is she wearin...Oh, I can see her jumping. What shoe is she wearing? With those little satin slippers, she might turn an ankle.<BR/><BR/>And WERE curtains hung on ropes? Because I just used a mahogany curtain rod in a manuscript I'm working on. It is in the library of a very stately town home .... Yea Gads, the details to worry about....:)Gillian Laynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15772849187702478349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post-60802468844229357322008-10-10T19:42:00.000-04:002008-10-10T19:42:00.000-04:00I'm not sure why it would destroy her reputation. ...I'm not sure why it would destroy her reputation. Presumably she could do this when there are no witnesses? Or is there a gentleman waiting to catch her?<BR/><BR/>Given all the problems she has (skirt, corset, unsuitable shoes), I would say she would have to be absolutely desperate to attempt a jump. And her ankle would very likely snap.<BR/><BR/>I agree with a previous commentator--maybe she could use a rope? Didn't curtains come hung on ropes in those days? She could take the ropes out of the curtains, secure it to the curtain anchor or a heavy bedpost, and with some difficulty, lower herself down.Tia Nevitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05489109929908389257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post-72582171422442100992008-10-10T18:52:00.000-04:002008-10-10T18:52:00.000-04:00Yes, I think she could. If she is recency lady, he...Yes, I think she could. If she is recency lady, her corset wouldn't be so restrictive, and skirts so wide.<BR/>If she would, peopably not if she could avoid it. It could destroy her reputation.Ninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08466918713300664265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post-54443775115360380632008-10-10T14:06:00.000-04:002008-10-10T14:06:00.000-04:00Good question. Perhaps your young lady can lower h...Good question. Perhaps your young lady can lower herself out the window with curtains or sheets or something? I think it would be hard to manage with all those skirts though. Can't wait to find out if she jumps!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com