Possible Clues:

• Wife is beginning to demand order — that's being prudent
• Women's Institute's modern backing is common sense
• Common sense displayed by Norman?
• Words of ___ (good advice)
• Learning
• Weak ideology limiting party intelligence
• What an owl might symbolize
• '... and the ___ to know the difference' (end of the Serenity Prayer)
• See 15
• Insight from wife is initially devoid of meaning