A Letter from Home
Dear Katherine
â âLiving among grand friends as you are doing now, I donât suppose you will care to hear any of our news; but as I always thought you were a sensible girl, perhaps you are a trifle less swollen-headed than I suppose. Everything goes on much the same here. There was great trouble about the new curate, who is scandalously high. In my view, he is neither more nor less than a Roman. Everybody has spoken to the Vicar about it, but you know what the Vicar isâ âall Christian charity and no proper spirit. I have had a lot of trouble with maids lately. That girl Annie was no goodâ âskirts up to her knees and wouldnât wear sensible woollen stockings. Not one of them can bear being spoken to. I have had a lot of pain with my rheumatism one way and another, and