Hope the reading gets easier for you (and that next week's weather isn't too oppressive for you; it's very muggy here atm).

I'm wondering what it must be like to be a clergyman in the world where all these stories are set.

"Just so I'm prepared, Miss Yvonne, are you inclined to fainting fits? Are there any questions you would like me to answer about the duties of the wife in marriage? And are you, in fact, the young lady the groom is expecting to marry?"