| Description | Elizabeth begins her letter by writing how 'miserable' she was following a series of accusations made against her by Miss Trinks. She asks for her father's forgiveness, adding that she was so unhappy she had been unable to learn her lessons which had led her to receive a bad mark. Elizabeth notes that she had been repeatedly reading the letters she had received from her mother and father at home.
Elizabeth describes being 'tempted to do wrong' , reflecting that she had been struggling to fit in with the other girls owing to her Quaker identity, particularly when this prevented her from enjoying aspects of school life. Writing about the difficulties which she and her sister Margaret (Pearlie) were experiencing as Quakers she remarks 'if you wish us to be "singular" we are, because we don't go to the theaters'. She writes 'dearest Papa do forgive me. I really, really am trying to be better'.
This letter relates directly to a letter which Elizabeth wrote to her mother, also dated 10th November 1872. |