I used to have twins in my Sunday school class. Although one did have a very slight mole, which was the only way I knew which was which, if I hadn't known their names, I wouldn't have known which was which.
So, Tim who has been friends with them from the start of their school careers would probably be able to tell better than Miranda, who knew their names but not who was which. I can't remember if there was any mention of them having different hair cuts, or one pushing their hair behind their ears more or whatever. But there are usually subtle ways of how they move and dress, even in identical clothes, that people who did know them would pick up on.
As for the sisters in the bedroom, if someone gets out of Twin A's bed in the melee of morning washing and dressing, without the help of hair cuts or other distinguishing marks, would they suspect it wasn't Twin A. There was mention of how Nick is when she's ill, so Lawrie was being Nick-being-ill. If Anne is used to Lawrie-being-ill and Nick-being-ill, again, she may not even suspect.
If each of the twins was taking care to try and act like the other, the people who didn't know them intimately wouldn't have a clue and the sisters could be sufficiently distracted by trying to get down to breakfast, whereas Tim would know instantly and I bet Marie was the kind of person who secretly watched how other people behaved. There was mention in the whole fire in the rickyard business that Marie could remember the details of the lies she told, so she probably took notice of little details in case she had to use them in any future story.
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Date: 2014-01-13 06:10 pm (UTC)So, Tim who has been friends with them from the start of their school careers would probably be able to tell better than Miranda, who knew their names but not who was which. I can't remember if there was any mention of them having different hair cuts, or one pushing their hair behind their ears more or whatever. But there are usually subtle ways of how they move and dress, even in identical clothes, that people who did know them would pick up on.
As for the sisters in the bedroom, if someone gets out of Twin A's bed in the melee of morning washing and dressing, without the help of hair cuts or other distinguishing marks, would they suspect it wasn't Twin A. There was mention of how Nick is when she's ill, so Lawrie was being Nick-being-ill. If Anne is used to Lawrie-being-ill and Nick-being-ill, again, she may not even suspect.
If each of the twins was taking care to try and act like the other, the people who didn't know them intimately wouldn't have a clue and the sisters could be sufficiently distracted by trying to get down to breakfast, whereas Tim would know instantly and I bet Marie was the kind of person who secretly watched how other people behaved. There was mention in the whole fire in the rickyard business that Marie could remember the details of the lies she told, so she probably took notice of little details in case she had to use them in any future story.