I really like this story and Violet Hunter. One of my fave fictional governesses.
I think of 'blow someone's brains out' as one I come across quite a lot in historical books. Hmm, Google Ngrams shows it in use from the mid-eighteenth century onwards.
OTOH, what I do remember being surprised by in this story was the description of the dress Rucastle gives Violet as 'electric blue'! But that apparently goes back to the 1870s or so. So there you go :D
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I think of 'blow someone's brains out' as one I come across quite a lot in historical books. Hmm, Google Ngrams shows it in use from the mid-eighteenth century onwards.
OTOH, what I do remember being surprised by in this story was the description of the dress Rucastle gives Violet as 'electric blue'! But that apparently goes back to the 1870s or so. So there you go :D