While we were watching Jane, the topic of governesses came up. My SSLP, who is the femme version of the sexiest brainiac I've ever met, gave me the skinny on the class perceptions of the governess. (She has the brain of a neurosurgeon and the face/body of a goddess, I tell you - if only I had scientific inclinations, I might win her...except for the whole 'til death thing with that really perfect guy she met all those years ago...)

Anyway, so here's a wee bit about the Victorian governess.