| Betty, the eldest and headed for spinsterhood, works as a nurse for Mike, a middle-aged medico married to the middle sister, Ann, who is pregnant and unhappy. |
| It was evidently Miss Hathaway's treasure box, put away in the attic when spinsterhood was confirmed by the fleeting years. |
| The consolations of spinsterhood are mainly negative, but the minus sign has its proper place in the personal equation. |
| There was no doubt his friendship had saved her from the worst perils of spinsterhood. |
| The world had made up its mind about her oddity in her spinsterhood. |
| She told me once that she was confident my nose was the cause of my spinsterhood. |
