Stride Bruising

[Hunter]

When Mr. Phillips described the 'bluish discoloration' and added, "...which I have watched and have seen on two occasions since," that is what he meant; that he went back to the mortuary on Tuesday and Wednesday to keep an eye on any and all marks on the deceased for any changes in them. He even made one trip back to check the victim's palate because someone brought up a rumored injury there.

[curious4]

Since

Hello Hunte

"Since" could also mean previously, and my argument was that he could have meant just that. That he had seen such bruising twice before. In principle he could have visited the mortuary again for comparison. I was voted down though!

.Best wishes,
C4

[Wickerman]

Hello all,

Red rose backed with a maidenhair fern. Late in the season for roses, so probably a hot-house flower.

Dahlia's was also suggested, and there was a red & white Dahlia, and it was the season for Dahlia's, too late for Roses, and Geraniums not only stink, they die almost as soon as they are cut, so this flower is not suitable for a buttonhole.
Dahlia is the more likely..

Regards, Jon S.

[curious4]

Geraniums

Hello Wickerman,

Dickens mentions geraniums as buttonhole flowers several times. And there are many varieties of scented geraniums, from lemon and orange to eau de cologne.

Best wishes.
C4

[lynn cates]

stinky

Hello C4. Well, a geranium might have been unbearable.

Cheers.
LC

[lynn cates]

right

Hello Cris.

"he went back to the mortuary on Tuesday and Wednesday to keep an eye on any and all marks on the deceased for any changes in them."

Precisely.

Cheers.
LC

[lynn cates]

OK

Hello Jon. Yes, dahlias would work. It is also suggested that the fern was asparagus.

Cheers.
LC

[curious4]

Geraniums

Hello Wickerman,

Dickens mentions geraniums as buttonhole flowers several times. And there are many varieties of scented geraniums, from lemon and orange to eau de cologne.

Best wishes.
C4

[curious4]

Hello Lynn,

Well, a geranium by any other name......

C4

[Wickerman]

Hello Wickerman,

Dickens mentions geraniums as buttonhole flowers several times. And there are many varieties of scented geraniums, from lemon and orange to eau de cologne.

Best wishes.
C4

We can do a great deal with the genetics of a geranium today (like 'scented') that could not be done a hundred and fifty years ago. By the way, what time of year was the geranium used for a buttonhole by Dickens?
Just me being Curious this time

Regards, Jon S.

[Wickerman]

Hello Jon. Yes, dahlias would work. It is also suggested that the fern was asparagus.

Cheers.
LC

Hello Lynn.
Really?, strange that someone would mistake maidenhair fern for asparagus, I mean they don't look even remotely similar.

Regards, Jon S.

[lynn cates]

mah money

Hello Jon. Well, the argument is that it was much less expensive.

Cheers.
LC

[Wickerman]

Hello Jon. Well, the argument is that it was much less expensive.

Cheers.
LC

Gasp!, ...in other words her beau was a cheapskate?

Regards, Jon S.

[curious4]

geraniums

Dunno, any time if he had a hot-house. They are not hard to grow. Try this:

https://www.thymewilltell.com/pelargonium

(hope this doesn't come up twice, second attempt)

C4

[lynn cates]

Mac

Hello Jon. Well, if I recall properly, his cognomen was Mac something.

Cheers.
LC