![]() ![]() The letter states that he has been searching for her for years and now that he has found her she is to immediately join him at their family home. One day, she is called into the matron’s office and informed that there is a letter for her. None of the other matrons have bothered to learn. She was taught by one of the matrons at Merilance, who, after teaching Olivia how to communicate effectively, left. ![]() Olivia is mute, but she can read and write. As terrible as Merilance is, the outside world is worse, and the girls that leave, fleeing Merilance for a better life, always end up destitute and often end up dead shortly after they depart.Īt 16, she remembers very little from her life before her mother left her at Merliance, but she continues to dream of how her life might unfold away from it. ![]() ![]() The children in residence at Merilance are supposed to be prepared for life after they leave the school, but they are not. They are supposed to be educated, but they are not. They are supposed to be cared for, but they are not. It is a place where girls and young women who are not wanted are sent when they have nowhere else to go. While Merilance calls itself a school, the truth is that it is closer to an asylum, a prison. Olivia Prior has lived at Merilance since she was two years old. ![]()
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