Angelica knew her father was watching, when was he not. When were people not watching the mysterious Angelica Hamilton? Mamma suspects she is not telling her something but doesn't say a word. The whole household is grossly bent around hiding things from Father or pleasing him. The former is the most of what she does. Aunt Peggy worked it out in precisely five seconds when she came back from her first visit. But Aunt Peggy believes in me and Aunt Troubles course, so she stays quiet. She'd promised herself ages ago that she'd come clean at 21. Or, if her father found a match for her beforehand.
"Don't let your Aunt put any of those silly notions she has in your head. Your place is in the home and these stays were to prepare you for marriage. Don't get the notion that what your pathetic excuse for a Mother says about spending time with your Aunt. YOU WILL BE MARRIED AT 21," it was well known that Alexander Hamilton hated everybody, he was only a lawyer for money. But never more had Angelica despised her father, then now. As soon as she could she was going to live at Aunt Trouble's place. She'd take Eliza too, and maybe Mamma. But Mamma knows well how to handle herself.
"Alexander, I see you've bought your daughter along. Did you get the wrong auction centre?" Aunt Trouble sneered. Even though I was silently applauding her I knew they weren't always like this. Long ago, Alexander Hamilton was nice to be around, plus Aunt Trouble was his intellectual equal. They disagreed when Aunt Trouble went off to help a friend nurse on the front. Only, two years before she married, and moved to England. Thus, she became active in the suffragist movement.
"Angelica, go ahead, I've not time for that radical," my father accusingly pointed at Aunt Trouble. Sometimes I get the feeling that Father knows what I do over here.
"Well, if it ain't Angelica Hamilton. Dux of her boarding school. What could she be doing her with us 'lower' ladies?" Madeline teased. Angelica looked mock-offended.
"I don't know, I thought I was here to beat your hyneighs at cards,". Everyone laughed. This all was the family reunion she needed while Philip was away at college. Nothing could be better then playing cards with some ladies one night. And being beating with sticks the next. Angelica knew the hard side of life. More so then some people say a fourteen year old should.
