Jane Austen - page 4

Elbows
off the
table!
And on
the subject
of young
ladies . . .
Dear
daughters . . .
What
did you
do
today?
We played
the piano, and
then we went
outside. I was
drawing. Jane
embroidered.
She pricked
herself incessantly.
And the piano . . .
a disaster!
Sometimes
I wonder if
this child
can do
anything
well.
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