This would aid him in carrying out his resolve of a cautious and staid demeanor toward his pupil.

To preserve his freedom, he must keep himself thoroughly in hand.

Experience had taught him that, were he once to give way and show his affection, there would from that moment be an end of teaching and learning.

And yet so much was he drawn to the girl, that, at this very time, he gave her the manuscript of his own verses to which I have referred--a volume exquisitely written, and containing, certainly, the outcome of the best that was in him: he did not tell her that he had copied them all with such care and neatness, and had the book so lovelily bound, expressly and only for her eyes..
News of something that seemed likely to suit her ideas for Letty at length came to Mrs.Wardour's ears, whereupon she thought it time to prepare the girl for the impending change.

One day, therefore, as she herself sat knitting one sock for Godfrey, and Letty darning another, she opened the matter.
"I am getting old, Letty," she said, "and you can't be here always.