Talk:The Hollow Horde/@comment-35711173-20190303182824/@comment-35711173-20190303220752

Mary, A woman went out of town on business and left her six year old son in the sole attention of her husband, correct? That's pretty well maybe 1990 or more recent, certainly not 1970 or even 1975. So we aren't talking that far in the past. The usage of English in the story shouldn't be THAT different 40 years ago. Watch part of a movie an episode of a TV show rerun from that time. They won't sound different. This sounds Victorian or even older, perhaps Regency period to Georgian.

A wealthy woman might leave her family on the train for something like a family visit in 1850, with minimally all the servants ready to do the cooking, cleaning, etc. Even then, it would be unusual enough to be noted.