Lydia's Leaving

Ah! I am so angry and upset, I am afraid that any hopes of me being civil with my family is lost. Lydia wants to go on a trip to Brighton-where the militia are currently stationed- and my family is going to let her go. I know with all my heart that the only result of that trip will be shame and embarassment on my family. Lydia is a foolish, irresponsible girl whose crazed emotions will be reason for a terrible fate. I do not know if my family can take any more embarassment than they already have, and this trip will over-do it for sure.