![]() The beauty was so much of a contrast with Shanghai or London, it almost brought her to tears.įor the rest of her first year in England, she fantasized about marrying an English gentleman and settling down in a large estate somewhere like Kent. She had never taken a breath of pristine, clear air in her lifetime, or been in a pastoral environment. It was the first time in her life that she had experienced anything like it. Once, in her first year, the girls had been taken on an outing to Kent. She was very excited when she arrived, visiting the land of her heritage that she had only heard about. The day she arrived at the boarding school, at the age of fifteen, was the first time in her life she had been in England. Just shy of her eighteenth birthday, her education complete, she was now prepared for one thing, and one thing only to marry an English gentleman. While she looked forward to seeing friends and family, she wasn’t sorry that she would miss at least part of the sweltering Shanghai summer. ![]() ![]() ![]() It would be unthinkable for a young woman to sail unescorted. Longmont, would be travelling back to Shanghai. That’s when acquaintances of her parents, Mr. All characters are fictional, and, where involved in adult situations, are over the age of 18.Įlizabeth completed finishing school in June of 1898, but she wasn’t scheduled to return home until August. ![]()
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