Reading progress update: I've read 15%.
I am just guessing on the percentage read because my book is in the other room. I'll be more accurate in my next update.
I have really been looking forward to this book, and so far, while it is more serious than Excellent Women and lacks the lighthearted charm (which was a bit deceiving, since there was definitely more to Mildred and her adventures than necessarily meets the eye), it is living up to my expectations. It is a melancholy book, about four aging, unmarried co-workers who are eyeing retirement with varying degrees of trepidation.
Pym does like to marry off her vicars - we've already had one mildly unsuitable clinch between a widow and a (much) younger vicar who are now engaged.