| Description | Elizabeth begins this letter by noting that it would be 'a pattern of neatness' so that her father would not despair of her handwriting.
Elizabeth refers to repairing her violet dress and expresses her excitement at the forthcoming Christmas parcel from home. Elizabeth writes that she had read 'a very cheap English book' which she had got from one of her school friends and asks her parents not to tell the school's principals about it. She concludes her letter enquiring about acquaintances from home, recalling an incident last Christmas Eve when she had taken a plum pudding and mince pies to some elderly neighbours.
Please note that the last page of this letter features crossed writing and is difficult to read in places. |