Talk:Josephine Barry/@comment-2600:8804:8B00:46C0:8CA5:B19:E4B3:A4B2-20180904211116/@comment-4934571-20180904230459

[This comment concerns the CBC counterpart of book's Josephine Barry]

I was busy this summer with my job and thesis, so I still haven't finished Season 2. From what I know from the episodes I managed to see (and from what I've heard about the upcoming episodes), Josephine lived with Gertrude. They were companions, kindred spirits, and life-partners, they loved each other in a romantic way. I don't want to speculate about the particular level of intimacy between them. But from Anne's romantic point of view, Josephine and Gertrude were "married" in a spiritual way. There was no official ceremony (the law did not permit this kind of marriage at that time), but apparently, Josephine and Gertrude considered each other their wife.