Her relations were horrified and repelled at her new role as a unchaste woman. Frances Burney
felt an uncontrollable repugnance when convention required that they should kiss.
qtd. in
Macdonald, Simon. “Identifying Mrs Meeke: Another Burney Family Novelist”. Review of English Studies, Oxford University Press, 8 Feb. 2013.
Her sister Maria
found her penitence insincere, her...
Family and Intimate relationships
Elizabeth Meeke
Elizabeth's elder sister, Maria (later Rishton)
, seems eventually have abandoned her sporadic attempts to stay in touch.
Macdonald, Simon. “Identifying Mrs Meeke: Another Burney Family Novelist”. Review of English Studies, Oxford University Press, 8 Feb. 2013.