I am a young lady from a respectable family. My parents refuse to permit me to go out of the house unchaperoned. They will not allow me to wear the latest in fashions. And they insist that my evenings be filled with study rather than amusement.
How am I ever to make my way in Society with such rigorous strictures imposed upon me? How shall I meet a husband if I am rarely allowed out? And how may I discover what sort of person I wish to become if my parents continue to keep such a tight rein on me?
Gentle Reader,
No one may call herself a lady who refuses to regard the wise counsel of those in authority over her. All of Society is well ordered, my dear. God is at the top, followed by the king, the aristocracy, the merchants, the peasants, and finally the children. You, I suspect, are aching to breach your boundaries and step outside of your proper perimeter. Your parents press to keep you in place, thus avoiding themselves and you great embarrassment.
Miss Pickworth would wish to chastise you, but she herself once felt exactly the same. What you must do, dearest, is to please your parents, ask their advice, and thereby prove yourself worthy of womanhood. When they see that you do not intend to be wild or promiscuous, they will permit you into Society, welcome your interest in lovely but discreet fashion, and allow you to enjoy the amusements proper to a young lady from a respectable family.
Allow Miss Pickworth to assure you that any female who follows such a perfect plan will wed well and become the woman God wishes her to be.
