Alexander, Mrs: Which Shall It Be Vol 2. v1. 27 Jul 2015
 

Annie French Hector, ‘Mrs Alexander’ (Dublin, Ireland, 1825 - London, 10 July 1902.) was a 19th-century popular novelist.

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The Grange had the reputation of being a pleasant house to stay at, in spite of the solidity of its mistress. This was principally owing to the tastes and tendencies of the master. For, according to the reversal of the usual order of things, in the case of Lord and Lady Templemore, the lighter and pleasanter details of life fell to the husband’s share. And Lord Templemore was great in musical arrangements—a real genius in charades and small theatricals of all kinds; moreover, he organized a pionic admirably, and with eminent social talents was the life and soul of a party.