....What does that mean? I can't even think of what it could be in my head. Well, I can, but they are surely not right.
You know how as socks age, the areas under the heel and the ball of the foot get thinner and thinner on the sock? Darning is adding a new layer of threading to re-thicken the material. This can be done with thread and needle, one stitch at a time, or by making a new layer of threaded mesh and stitching it to the weakened area (essentially patching it).
Hmm. Kate Hepburn and Rita Hayworth were both absolute bombshells in their youth, and both were quite spunky and funny. Like me a woman who can give as good as she gets. Don't know if those women are really...historical...though.
There MUST have been something about Clara Schumann. She got crazy old Robert to fall for her, AND Johannes Brahms. And that poor lad carried a torch for his mentor's wife just about his whole life. Kind of sad, really. Plus, I think it'd be awesome to have a pianist for a wife...I'd never have to pay a dime for an accompanist again. "Honey, I think we should play the Weber Gran Duo Concertant this week! And then the second Brahms Sonata next! And then Poulenc!"