Page 5: and cherished friendships, but the world is wider than Derbyshire, and there is much I can yet see. A headmistress at a New York school may not be as dangerous a charge as an explorer charting unknown mountain ranges, but as an accomplished daughter of an English gentleman, I may as well be going to the stars. I long to dare it! I cannot say this is the first time I have thought of Henry, nor can I pretend it to be the last. It is, however, the first time I have spoken or written of him in quite some time. I do hope he is well and safe, wherever he may be. I am, of course, rapturously awaiting our reunion, my dear friend. Lizzy brought many things to our home — vitality, laughter, my brother’s sunny disposition