StoryDragon quoted Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
Content warning The Dictionary of Lost Words - Spoiler; Maybe blasphemy?
[...] Your situation is not as rare as you might think. Many a young lady of means or education has found herself similarly inconvenienced. It is the oldest dilemma in history - the Virgin Mary, indeed! (Please don't read this aloud to Lizzie, I know she would not approve.) [...] Yours, Ditte
— Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams (Page 188 - 189)