It can only be assumed that she sought somehow to ennoble the name to achieve a better volume of sales-she even went to the extremes of scratching "de" into Pearsall's signature on some of his letters, to attempt to justify herself.
It can only be assumed that she sought somehow to ennoble the name to achieve a better volume of sales. She even went to the extremes of scratching "de" into Pearsall's signature on some of his letters, to attempt to justify herself.