It certainly is. I'm sorry to say that very little had changed by the 19th Century. I am fortunate that I had enough money to sustain myself and keep on a small staff who were understanding of my limitations. Life would have been much, much crueler had I been poorer.
Then I am very, very glad that you are here and not still there.
I apologise, I was referring more to my own experience. Although I suppose none of them are here to defend against such an accusation, so it matters very little now.
I'm sorry for not introducing myself properly. The phone reads out the name of the sender to me before reading the message, so I assumed it was already showing up for you as well. My name is Edward Fairfax Rochester. Just Edward is fine - or Rochester if that seemed too familiar.