Dear Responsible,
Responding to a letter in WW feels foolish but, perhaps in light of my own sense of responsibility I felt it appropriate at this time.

I am a woman of 21, with some property and income of my own such as I might never need be induced into marriage. And while my heart and affections could be prevailed upon to make a match truly of happenstance and the heart, it is not perhaps the type of match my parents would have made for me.

I know it was the intent of my father to make arrangements for my future life which did not occur on account of his untimely death shortly after my debut. As such, I feel it is incumbent upon myself now to make those arrangements. I am a woman of good reputation, and social to a degree that is right and proper for my age and station. I will admit that the debutante season holds little pleasure for me. I came up in school in Ravenclaw house which I should hope assures you of my ability to carry on an intelligent conversation.

We might be fully companionable together if the mood were to strike us.

Kind regards
Ms. Reputable

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Lady is a wonder