Daisy, I have formed a little theory.

I believe girls are sent into the world with a strong bias in a particular direction.

You see, it always did seem to be meant that dear Primrose was to be a companion, or secretary, of some sort; for Mrs.Ellsworthy wanted her to be Mr.
Ellsworthy's secretary, and to write his letters for him.

She would not be that, even though it was her bent, and now she's got to accept something far worse; for it really must be dreadful to be 'continual reader' to poor old Mrs.Mortlock.Now, Daisy, what I say is this--there's no use in wasting time or money looking after things which don't suit us.

Primrose was meant to be a secretary or continual reader, and so she has to be one; and I have always been meant to belong to the rather higher order of novelist or poet, and there's no use in my being damped any longer by Miss Egerton.