CHAPTER IV

DISAPPOINTMENT (1846-1847)

"Disappointment's dry and bitter root." Pursuit of her ideal --Obstacles to her adoption of nursing--Social prejudices--Low esteem of nurses at the time--The Kaiserswerth "Institution for Deaconesses." II. Increasing distaste for the routine of home life. III. Social distractions (1847)--Jenny Lind--The British Association at Oxford--Marriage of Miss Clarke--Country visits 59