GRUNDY

MRS., a lady in Morton play “* Speed the Plough’’ (1800), who do not appear, but whose opinion is muc feared by her neighbour, a farmer's wif The latter's constant reiteration of ** Wh: will Mrs. Grundy think? What will Mr Grundy say?” has since made that lad personify the opinion of aggre ive! moral go ips on matters of decorum. [s. 163]