Jenkins,
the wife of the British Chaplain, would be able to secure me a cheap,
decent residence and respectable protection. I should have the
opportunity of seeing her frequently; she would make me acquainted
with the city; and, with the assistance of her cousins, I should
probably be introduced to connections far more improving, polished,
and cultivated, than any I have yet known.
"These are advantages which would turn to real account, when we
actually commenced a school; and, if Emily could share them with me,
we could take a footing in the world afterwards which we can never do
now. I say Emily instead of Anne; for Anne might take her turn at
some future period, if our school answered. I feel certain, while I
am writing, that you will see the propriety of what I say. You always
like to use your money to the best advantage. You are not fond of
making shabby purchases; when you do confer a favour, it is often done
in style; and depend upon it, 50_l_., or 100_l_., thus laid out, would
be well employed. Of course, I know no other friend in the world to
whom I could apply on this subject except yourself. I feel an
absolute conviction that, if this advantage were allowed us, it would
be the making of us for life. Papa will, perhaps, think it a wild and
ambitious scheme; but who ever rose in the world without ambition?
When he left Ireland to go to Cambridge University, he was as
ambitious as I am now.
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