Note 2 — Chapter I
Reading edition
This form of “step-father” seems not to have been unusual in England 1800-50. Cf. Sam Weller’s addressing his father’s second wife as “mother-in-law.”
Reading edition
This form of “step-father” seems not to have been unusual in England 1800-50. Cf. Sam Weller’s addressing his father’s second wife as “mother-in-law.”