She didn't want to and her Parents didn't directly force her. She should be fine, but the underlying message of her Mothers words were clear to her.
"I know it doesn't seem ideal but every women of our house has gone there."
It's been outdated for quite a while and she didn't see why it would be necessary for her to go, yet she knew there would be no way out, as she saw how serious her parents where.
She would have to attend that finishing school. It wasn't as bad as when her mother had gone, her mother assured her. It was still some sort of the same programm.
A institution for young people to learn manners and adapt to society during the Summer months at a remote manor in the countryside.
Her mother looked at her as if she'd have to shoot her at any given moment.
That's when she did.
"You're going to be the only girl there."
-Leaving home won't be the hard part now. Running away would be.- Josephine was sure of it.