mistress

[W Brewer]

Frau Bluecher, kept woman
Laurence Horn wrote:  <<<And for our grandmothers, mistresses typically
were "kept". And where the…gentleman? (sugar daddy? naah) kept his
mistress>>>
WB:

Frederic Frankenstein (Gene Wilder):  You played that music in the middle
of the night …

Frau Bluecher (Cloris Leachman)  Yes!

FF:  … to get us into the laboratory.

FB:  YES!!!

FF:  And it was you who left my grandfather?s book out for me to find …

FB:  Yes!

FF:  So that I would …

FB:  Yes!

FF:  So that you and Victor were …

FB:  Say it! He was my BOYFRIEND!!

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