Betty B
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594 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Aug 2026
last heard 8 Aug
Betty B’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And the traditions and ideals of Japanese life at once claimed her for their own.
Her mental inheritance responded to them joyfully.
But this was not quite enough for her father.
His duty, from his point of view, was to arrange a suitable marriage for her as soon as possible.
But here he met with unexpected difficulty.
The example of her parents' estrangement had inspired the girl with something like terror of the married state, and she had grown up with the resolve not to run the risk of contracting a like ill assorted union.
In consequence, she found herself in opposition to her father, an impossible situation in a Japanese family.
and especially undesirable where there were younger children growing up.
As in this case, for Baron Ozaki had married again after his return to his own country.
Various other circumstances also combined to make her decide at this time to become independent.
Her knowledge of English qualified her to give instruction in that language, and her superior education and well known social position brought her many pupils in a land where teaching is looked upon as the highest of all professions.
In this way many interesting friendships were formed with Japanese girls, one of whom opened for her the doors of that treasure house of story, the ancient lore and romance of Japan.
Here the ardent, sensitive mind was in its element.
She says During those early years I loved the heroes and heroines of my country with passionate and romantic devotion.
They were the companions of my solitude, royal and remote.
Yet near and potential as the white fire of girlhood's idealisms.
They peopled my visions with beautiful images, tender and brave and loyal.
In those days I was often reproached with being a dreamer.
But my dreams were all of fair and noble things.
The old stories had taken possession of me, they were a wonder, a joy, an exaltation, though I little imagined that I would ever write them down.
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