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Your wizzley appeals to detective instincts!

Perhaps an answer can be discovered in the how, when, where, why of Ellen and John befriending one another.
Perhaps it can be found in John's romantic history, if he delighted in one with or without Ellen. Perhaps it can be retrieved in the next chapter of their stories, with Thomas dead and his family removed as suspects.

Do we know what happened to Ellen, George and John?

The sixth subheading, Remembrance Walls, advises us that "The Remembrance Walls are a particularly popular and well-visited site in Grimsby Minster. They are beautifully set out and respectfully appointed."

How long have remembrance walls been incorporated into church interiors?

What is the earliest, oldest date for a rememberee?

Thank you for your comment below on May 29, 2022, in answer to my previous question.

Hemlines ending anywhere from ankle-high to floor-level do not seem safe, particularly when their clothes-wearers deal with down- and up-stairs.

Neither do they seem safe for horseback-sitting aside by women in their long dresses and skirts, versus horseback-sitting astride by men in their trousers.

Why might fashion designers not have moved trousered styles from opera trouser roles -- since the 17th century -- to real life?

Perhaps I can add another message to Red Riding Hood even as in a way it affords perhaps an addenda to your third and fourth messages, respectively about adhering to the path and avoiding the unknown.

Can we convey Better safe than sorry?

Safety first emerges with the first paragraph to the first subheading, You often create your own problems, about "One of the overlooked messages of the story is the relationship of the characters with their problems. While we don't know why grandmother lives in the woods, her illness creates unnecessary problems for her and her relatives."

Why does Grandma dwell where, as Robert Frost describes, "The woods are lovely, dark and deep But I have promises to keep And miles to go before I sleep"?

Woods perhaps expect their humans to find respite only after "miles" of sentient animals and plants and strong things, such as rocky outcrops, all of whom fathom survival better and quicker than human passersby.

(But then your wizzley on fairy tale-forest interactions will advance our appreciation and answer our questions, won't it ;-D?)

Thank you for your comment below on Sep. 19, 2022, in answer to my previous observation and question.

That's an attractive shape to the chocolate cake in your last in-text image.

What kind of mold or pan might make the final product look so edibly, prettily shaped?

Yes, that's right. She was able to portray numerus semingy the same scenes in many differetn ways. I believe her attention for the detail helped her with that. It was very likely acquired from her father, engraver, and from her mother, clothes-designer, at the same time.

I agree.

Yes, it's her work.

KG was focused on imagination, perception, ... Action was not her strongest point;)

Walter Crane and Randolph Caldecott, of course. Article about Edmund Evans is still in my machine ...

No, I didn't find her portrait of Cinderella yet. She may draw it when she was still young and unknown and it may be published uncredited. Still working on that.

Yes, this farm belonged to Kate's mom's family.

No, sorry, the resolution is too low.

Thank you for the four links at your wizzley's very end.

In particular, I like Kate Greenaway's work for its visual interest, manifesting itself here and in all four links, particularly the last, fourth one.

Might you agree that each one of her subjects in one same image manifests something different, in the way of looking or moving or standing? No one looks or moves or sits or stands the same in her two-person, two-plus-person, many-person scenes!

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