| Description | Ross received his aunt's letter this morning and is thankful for the admonition it contains; he understands at once to what she has alluded and is also of the opinion that the theatre is one of those vain and sinful amusements which are incompatible with the character of a Christian. Ross did not at all encourage the wish of his brother to have a play at their house and said everything against, not thinking it would rise to what it did. The only thing he has to blame himself for is that he did not positively forbid the use of his room for the purpose.
Ross has long wished to disclose the reason for the coolness on the part of his mother. He reminds his aunt of some time ago, when his family were in the lowest depths of adversity; his father having 5 of them and no employment and his mother not being able to get a subsistence with all her efforts. At that time, she saw a letter written from Ross's aunt, to another sister, which stated that the family were doomed to be vagabonds though their indescretion; the children were to be pitied and that the two eldest should be be placed [at a charity school] where they would be brought up with notions of cleanliness and industry. Undated. |