| Description | Elizabeth begins this letter complaining about the wet weather and bills she had to pay for the hairdresser, books, clothes, washing and attending concerts.
Elizabeth pleads with her father to allow her to go to the theatre in Germany. She writes 'I should so like to go, & nobody need know except us, so nobody 'd be shocked & I'd so like to go.' Elizabeth attempts to persuade her father to allow the trip to the theatre by suggesting that the German theatres were not 'real theatres' and were 'just like the pantomines' which the family were allowed to attend at home. She also remarks on how 'cheap' the trip would be before repeating 'I'd so like to go', the word 'so' appearing underlined many times for emphasis and followed by many exclamation and question marks.
Elizabeth writes about the benefits of the physical exercise that the girls participated in at the school which included dancing, the use of dumbbells, gymnastics and marching. Both Elizabeth and Margaret were allowed to participate in dancing classes which Elizabeth enjoyed, describing them as 'so nice'. She also tells her parents about learning to bow and curtsey in an appropriate way and expresses how excited she was at the prospect of receiving a parcel from home. |