Merry Christmas!
Ah...welcome. I have been expecting you. Please, come in. let me take your coat, and come sit by the fire.
Ah, there, that's better no doubt. Aye, tis an awful night be to out, and yet I am very grateful that you've come.
Warmer now? Ah, good. I'll have more tea brought in, then I'll begin my story.
It was in the summer that I was 15. My father had just died, leaving my mother and I alone and with many debts to pay off. I was a young naive girl. Perhaps more naive than other girls my age because I was an only child and a spoiled one at that. But that's not what my story is about.
We had been a very rich family, but my father had made some bad choices and in the end, when all the doctors bills had been paid, we had very little money. My mother had an allowence of 3,000 pounds from her father before he had died, and it was this that we had to live on. Of course we couldn't stay in the house and keep on allo our servents, so when a letter came from my mothers batchlor brother inviting us to live with him, we were very grateful and accepted.
It took more than a month for all our affairs to be settled. But my mother wanted to make sure than everything was taken care of in a fair manner. Durning this time I was left very much to myself. I had only a few friends and not very good friends were they. When my father died and we lost our fortune they shunned me. But I look back upon those days as my last true time of childhood.
Finally everything was taken care of, and we set off in a rented carriege. My mother told me stories of her growing up days and the adventures that she and her brother had had when they were children.
Oh, but you are falling alseep. Not that I blame you, we have yet to get to the exciting part of my tale. Please, stay the night, and in the morning after breakfast we can continue. I shall ring Mary to prepare a room for you. Come along then. I do hope you sleep well. Don't hesitate to ring for a servent if there is anything you need.
Ah, there, that's better no doubt. Aye, tis an awful night be to out, and yet I am very grateful that you've come.
Warmer now? Ah, good. I'll have more tea brought in, then I'll begin my story.
It was in the summer that I was 15. My father had just died, leaving my mother and I alone and with many debts to pay off. I was a young naive girl. Perhaps more naive than other girls my age because I was an only child and a spoiled one at that. But that's not what my story is about.
We had been a very rich family, but my father had made some bad choices and in the end, when all the doctors bills had been paid, we had very little money. My mother had an allowence of 3,000 pounds from her father before he had died, and it was this that we had to live on. Of course we couldn't stay in the house and keep on allo our servents, so when a letter came from my mothers batchlor brother inviting us to live with him, we were very grateful and accepted.
It took more than a month for all our affairs to be settled. But my mother wanted to make sure than everything was taken care of in a fair manner. Durning this time I was left very much to myself. I had only a few friends and not very good friends were they. When my father died and we lost our fortune they shunned me. But I look back upon those days as my last true time of childhood.
Finally everything was taken care of, and we set off in a rented carriege. My mother told me stories of her growing up days and the adventures that she and her brother had had when they were children.
Oh, but you are falling alseep. Not that I blame you, we have yet to get to the exciting part of my tale. Please, stay the night, and in the morning after breakfast we can continue. I shall ring Mary to prepare a room for you. Come along then. I do hope you sleep well. Don't hesitate to ring for a servent if there is anything you need.
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