Spin Me a Tale

The girls' storylines sometimes stretch over months, and since they've lived most of their lives without brothers, they've learned to carry all roles, which is why any time I see Susannah wearing her hair tucked into a cap, I know to refer to her as "Tom." Sometimes "Orphan Boy Tom," sometimes "Prince Tom," sometimes "Servant Tom," sometimes "Tailor Tom," but almost always "Tom."  (Annie turns into "Joe" when she tucks her hair into a cap.  Tom and Joe.  They're nothing if not original.)

Don't tell Tom, but with eyes like that, there's no way he passes for a boy, no matter how much it enriches the story.