Note 147 — Chapter II · MRS. MONTEAGLE.
Reading edition
Lovers met behind the gable end, because there there were no windows from which they could be overlooked; hence the expression for courtship, to talk behind the gable.
Reading edition
Lovers met behind the gable end, because there there were no windows from which they could be overlooked; hence the expression for courtship, to talk behind the gable.