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DAYS LIKE THESE17 MAY1832

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From: The Independent - London
Date: 20020517
Author:Ian Irvine

Charlotte Bronte, aged 16 and at school 20 miles from Haworth Parsonage, writes to her 15-year-old brother Branwell: "As usual I address my weekly letter to you - because to you I find the most to say. I feel exceedingly anxious to know in what state you arrived at home after your long, and I should think very fatiguing journey. I could perceive when you arrived at Roe Head that you were very much tired though you refused to acknowledge it. After you were gone many questions and subjects of conversation recurred to me which I had intended to mention but quite forgot them in the agitation ...

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