. Life and letters of Maggie Benson. t was soonaccepted, and early in 1883 the move was made. 43 CHAPTER IV LADY MARGARET HALL In 1883 Maggie was eighteen. Nelly had beenalready for two years at Lady Margaret Hall atOxford, under Miss Wordsworth, where she hadread Mathematics and English Literature. It wasfelt that one of the daughters was now wanted athome to help in the constant hospitalities andintricate life of Lambeth and Addington. Accordingly Nelly was recalled from Oxford,where her health had not been good, and Maggietook her place there. She writes from Cornwall, where she had goneto
. Life and letters of Maggie Benson. t was soonaccepted, and early in 1883 the move was made. 43 CHAPTER IV LADY MARGARET HALL In 1883 Maggie was eighteen. Nelly had beenalready for two years at Lady Margaret Hall atOxford, under Miss Wordsworth, where she hadread Mathematics and English Literature. It wasfelt that one of the daughters was now wanted athome to help in the constant hospitalities andintricate life of Lambeth and Addington. Accordingly Nelly was recalled from Oxford,where her health had not been good, and Maggietook her place there. She writes from Cornwall, where she had goneto the seaside with a party of friends, about herfuture studies at Oxford. Prospect House, Newquay.(1883.) My dearest Mother, You dont know what it was to get thatletter from you ; it seemed somehow to take pos-session of me altogether, and I thought of youuntil I quite felt you near that night. I will write to you when I have talked to MissKey again. I really dont know enough what itwould involve at present. I should certainly like 44. Photo by Fredk. Argall, Truro.] about 17. [To face page 44. LADY MARGARET HALL to take up Logic and Pol. Econ. Heaps and heapsbetter than anything else—another thing about mylessons—Miss Key wants me to leave off French andGerman this term and do only Mathematics andLatin. May I, if I happen to squeeze through thatold Prelim., which isnt very likely, I am afraid ? We are having such fun here, and are behavingin a perfectly wild way in some things. Nobody isin time for anything ; it is awfully nice for a change,and Miss Bramston and Miss Hedley are frightfullyforbearing and never bother about anything. I am getting to like A—?— B awfully—but I am not quite sure whether 3ou would ; I think youcouldnt help it if you knew her really. I knowNellie would hate her. My darling Mother, I am afraid I altogether failto see the simplification that would ensue on yourdeath. What do you mean ? I cant see one atomof meaning of any sort or ki
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