His father had aunts who were born in the late Victorian era, and regular tea with his great-aunt Isie provided firsthand access to a bygone existence.
Though everyone and his great-aunt is staking a claim to Julia Child these days, I couldn't resist telling them about how she'd taught me to butter my radishes on my first visit to Chez Georges.
You probably won't be able to see them anyway Enos never has, and neither could I, though Great-Aunt Emily used to say that she got to know some of them quite well when she was a girl.
The couple had sent Victoria to stay with her great aunt Marie-Therese Kouao - now in jail for her murder - in the hope their daughter would have a European education.