Mrs.Tristram, then, undertook to be exquisitely agreeable, and she brought to the task a really touching devotion.

How well she would have succeeded I am unable to say; unfortunately she broke off in the middle.

Her own excuse was the want of encouragement in her immediate circle.

But I am inclined to think that she had not a real genius for the matter, or she would have pursued the charming art for itself.

The poor lady was very incomplete.