Recollections & Extracts From The Journals Of Miss Anne Prevost Anne Prevost - Biography Women and War

Part 6: Eighteenth Birthday; Dancing with Captain Milnes On January 1st, 1813, I attained the pretty age of eighteen. As to the state of my heart, of which at the end of the year it may be necessary to give some account, I can with great truth say that it is perfectly safe and quiet. The only admirer the world gave me (generous as it is in general), was one poor little man with one leg shorter than the other, and whose mind, as far as I could discover, possesses nothing to compensate for his personal deformities. With such a lover I have certainly not had an opportunity of trying the strength of my resolutions of resisting all attachments of that nature. February 15th: The Provincial Parliament was prorogued. A Ball at the Chief Justice's. My Father met with a severe blow from the pole of a cariole; it inflicted a wound which bled a good deal. Had as much blood been shed in a skirmish with our Invaders, with what éclat it would have been attended. On several occasions my Father exposed his life as much as any Soldier could have done, but the star of his glory had set, and he was doomed to be personally unfortunate. He made very light of this accident and the Ball went off very gaily. I danced with Captain Milnes, Mr. T. Thomson and Mr. Percival.