I think he will probably come round in time, I mean to renew the subject pretty often.
Elizabeth Garrett AndersonWhen I felt rather overcome with [my father's] opposition, I said as firmly as I could, that I must have this or something else, that I could not live without some real work.
Elizabeth Garrett AndersonAt first he was very discouraging, to my astonishment then, but now I fancy he did it as a forlorn hope to check me; he said the whole idea was so disgusting that he could not entertain it for a moment.
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson