Branwell's job on the railways did not last long. He became bored with it and went off drinking too often and was dismissed when money went missing from the accounts. It was probably due to Branwell's leaving the porter in charge, but he lost his job and had to chalk up another failure. His sisters had been less spoiled and stuck out difficult jobs as governesses for as long as they could.
Branwell continued to write and had been trying to get a job on Blackwoods Magazine but his letters asking for work were couched in a boastful arrogant style and he never got a reply. He was shy like all the family but tended to hide this by drinking and boasting and exaggerating... which put many people off.
After the failure of the railways job, Anne got him a post at her employers, the Robinsons.. She was the governess there and he became tutor to the family's son, Edmund. He was a reasonable success at the job; Edmund was not very clever, but Branwell succeeded in making himself agreeable to the family, and particularly to the mother, Lydia Robinson, who was 17 years his senior.
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