Mrs Sancho’s Barometer

In a letter to a friend in 1777, Ignatius Sancho said that his wife Ann reliably mirrored his moods as reliably as weather is forecast by a barometer, and that beside sufficient income and good health he could wish a friend no greater blessing than an affectionate partner in life one who shared his outlook.

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