While divorce became an option midway through the Victorian period, it was extremely difficult to obtain and the husband had to instigate it. To understand the concept of a poisoning ring, a bit of history is in order… Yes, I am certain some women buy them purely for their air of mystique and whiff of scandal, but that is not the sort of ring I mean.” In truth, the small compartments are used to hold pills, perfume, and even mementos. “There is a fashion for rings with a small compartment in which women are said to carry poison. “As a ring full of poison? Or an inconvenient lover?” Fancy rings with little compartments of poison for killing off enemies and inconvenient lovers. Not “poison rings,” which is a very different thing, as Mallory discovers. The title comes from the idea of poisoning rings. It’s one week until The Poisoner’s Ring! That means it’s close enough that I can talk a little about the history behind this installment.
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