Calculating on this, I assume that my letter will get to you first.

I have something to say about your old nurse, which it is well that you should know.
"Do not for a moment suppose that I blame you for having told Teresa of the unfriendly reception, which you appear to have met with from your aunt and guardian.

Who should you confide in--if not in the excellent woman who has filled the place of a mother to you?
Besides, from your earliest years, have I not always instilled into you the reverence of truth?
You have told the truth in your letters.

My child, I commend you, and feel for you.
"But the impression produced on Teresa is not what you or I could wish.
It is one of her merits, that she loves you with the truest devotion; it is one of her defects, that she is fierce and obstinate in resentment.
Your aunt has become an object of absolute hatred to her.

I have combated successfully, as I hope and believe--this unchristian state of feeling.
"She is now beyond the reach of my influence.