Evelina
...affection that I could ever ask for. He told me earlier today that he spoke with Lady Howard, my childhood friend's grandmother. They want me to come stay with them for a while. I don't know too much about that, I like it here and I'm not sure how much I am going to like Howard Grove. The only good side to it is that I will get to see my Maria! I have not seen her in so long! I guess that's all for now!
Dear Diary,
Howard Grove is not that bad at all Maria and I are having a ball! It has been so good to come catch up with her. Lady Howard told us today that Maria's father is coming back from sea duty and that we may go get him. She has to send a letter to Rev. Villars to see if I can go along. I hope I can, I really would like to go with Maria and her mother to London.
Con't The Rev. said it was ok for me to go with them so I guess I will be writing you when I get to London!
Dear Diary,
Tonight was just terrible; I really don't know what to think. First off, Mrs. Mirvan decided that she wanted to take Maria and me to a dance. I've never been to a dance before so I really don't know what to expect or do. I feel so out of place here with all of their social rules. I was shunned upon when I refused to dance with this guy that I did not like. I didn't know that if I did that, then I couldn't dance with anyone else! I saw this guy that I really liked who I danced with named Lord Orville, but he eventually turned on me too. Maria heard him say something like "poor weak girl!" what does that mean? He obviously didn't think I was too weak not to dance with! I was almost through with him from that point on but he kind of saved himself by sticking up for me when the other guy that I refused to dance with called me "ill bred", he came back and said "that elegant face can never be so vile a mask!" I'm not going to lie, it made me feel pretty good, but I...
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