Letter #7, Post #2

Monday 12 March 2012
To Cassandra, from Rowling, "My Father will be so good as to fetch home his prodigal Daughter from Town, I hope, unless he wishes me to walk the Hospitals, Enter at the Temple, or mount Guard at St James. It will hardly be in Frank's power to take me home; nay, it certainly will not. I shall write again as soon as I get to [p.3] Greenwich.-. - Jane Austen, Sunday 18 September 1796

Jane Austen was so funny. The notes in the back of the Jane Austen's Letter's book refers to her meaning as, "walk the Hospitals" to become a medical student; "Enter at the Temple" to become a law student, and "mount Guard at St James" to become a soldier. At least she had a plan.

Greenwich was a village six miles downstream from London. It is now London SE10. The village grew up around a country residence of Queen Elizabeth I. In the seventeenth century the palace became a home and hospital to old seamen. It now houses the National Maritime Museum. The following link has some great history about the palace.

http://www.rmg.co.uk/about/history/queens-house/

http://www.visitgreenwich.org.uk/
This is a podcast about Greenwich now, which is on the link above. It looks like a great place to visit.

I hope you had a great day!
Terrie