Thursday, September 30th 1875
Cornwall, England
Dear diary,
This isn't going to be long because Father will come home soon and when he's going to see me writing, he'll punish me. Todat I got to know Elijah a bit better.
I learned that he has two little brothers and 2 older sisters. He's 19, just like me! He used to work on the other side of the factory, but that was in the time Sam lived. Isaac placed him somewhere else because he could be useful here. I told him a bit about Thomas, Mary-Margaret, Ross, Judith, George and Abigail because he started talking about his family. But I saw Isaac coming and I stopped talking that moment.
After work I went straight home, leaving my siblings behind. I didn't do it on purpose, sometimes I just forget. When I came home, Mother got mad at me for forgetting my brothers and sisters, se she told meI wasn't allowed to clean myself this Sunday. I don't get it. Abigail forgets me multiple times and she never gets punished, but when I make a little mistake, all hell breaks loose. My parents love their children, except me, as if they are all angels which they are, but in their eyes I'm some kind of devil. Father's coming, I have to go.
Sincerely,
Demelza Watson
