M&D Deep Duck Where are all the children?

[alice malice]

Wade warns Wicks against Juvenile Rampage. We begin with the children,
the Twins and their Sister, coming in from the snowball fight, the
snowballs have flown and starred the outbuildings, their carefree
assault upon the kitchen, then ensconced, busied with quiet knitting
and sweets, they aim their Juvenile snowballs at their uncle, she with
her flouting flirtations, the boys with clever jibes, a cup of brew to
agitate. We learn that friends of the children often gather here to
hear Uncle, but none are present.

Where is the great brood?

In 1786 the average family would have 7 or 8 children.

We've touched on the economy. The triangle was noted, but what drove
the economy's enormous growth was population explosion.

Pynchon's family here seems more like the Simpsons than one we would
find in Philadelphia in 1786.
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