Here I am, innocently perusing ball gown fashions of 1823, and I come across this lovely quote…

A learned wife may be considered about as useless a member of society as a learned pig. Indeed, the latter may be looked upon as the less injurious of the two.

Ugh!

I hereby vow to have every hero in every story I write from now on put the highest value on learning & intelligence in their partners.

Sigh. Here’s the dress I was looking at, though…

1823 Ball Gown