Very few girls have been placed as you are.

I am sure when I think of my own daughters I can never be too thankful.

But the very first thing you have to learn, above all things, is to control yourself." "I know it--I know it, of course," I said; "and I keep on trying my very best.

I am thoroughly ashamed of what I said, and I hope you will try to forgive me." "A very slight exertion is enough for that.

But now, my dear, what I want to know is this--and you will excuse me if I ask too much--what good do you expect to get by going thus to London?
Have you any friend there, any body to trust, any thing settled as to what you are to do ?" "Yes, every thing is settled in my own mind," I answered, very bravely: "I have the address of a very good woman, found among my father's papers, who nursed his children and understood his nature, and always kept her faith in him.