ED 360 03 04 24
Reference code
ED 360 03 04 24
Title
Fanny Keate: Letter from Countess Pauline Neale
Level
Item
Date
23 October 1810
Content description
From Heligoland.
in pencil: Graffer Fazel/thoughts about my
Letter: Tossed on mountainous waves, violent storm. Remained 4 days in smallest of cabins with twelve passengers.Sailors guided them through bad conditions, landing them on a dirty rock, with all possessions still on board. Hates the very name of the sea, its danger and its uncomfortableness. It is only England and her friends there that make her wish to cross it. The parting from poor Mrs Pollen almost broke her heart. She will go to Scotland again to be with her sister and until her trying duty is over. She hopes to see her again once her affairs are settled.
Letter continues on Thurstheday: the French have been apprehended in the river and so the departure is hazardous, they may even have to return to England but she knows she must return to her mother. They should set sail in the morning but only if the river is not in French hands again, as 'the most terrifying thing is our being taken'. If they end up having to return to England she will go to Eton, and perhaps be there for Christmas.
in pencil: Graffer Fazel/thoughts about my
Letter: Tossed on mountainous waves, violent storm. Remained 4 days in smallest of cabins with twelve passengers.Sailors guided them through bad conditions, landing them on a dirty rock, with all possessions still on board. Hates the very name of the sea, its danger and its uncomfortableness. It is only England and her friends there that make her wish to cross it. The parting from poor Mrs Pollen almost broke her heart. She will go to Scotland again to be with her sister and until her trying duty is over. She hopes to see her again once her affairs are settled.
Letter continues on Thurstheday: the French have been apprehended in the river and so the departure is hazardous, they may even have to return to England but she knows she must return to her mother. They should set sail in the morning but only if the river is not in French hands again, as 'the most terrifying thing is our being taken'. If they end up having to return to England she will go to Eton, and perhaps be there for Christmas.
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