E
Emily Ashworth
First Form, Elm
She comes up from London on the first day of the Michaelmas Term wanting one thing more than any other, and it is not to be clever, and it is not to be liked. It is to belong.
She is brave, and she is kind, and she is also more ambitious than she has quite admitted to herself.
- She loves
- Her little sister Daisy, and the doll Daisy pressed into her hands at the station without a word. Being useful. Getting things right.
- She fears
- That she is ordinary. That she will not be wanted.
If you asked her
“I don’t mind if it’s hard. I only mind if I’m no use.”