Kitty says quite calmly that this is fair neither to our pupils nor to I---- M----.

The courage of Kitty in this matter is a constant rebuke to me." Except on a few occasions Mr.McLean found that he was always referred to as I---- M----.
Quite early in the volume Miss Ailie knew that her sister's hold on life was loosening.

"How bright the world suddenly seems," Mr.McLean read, "when there is the tiniest improvement in the health of an invalid one loves." Is it laughable that such a note as this is appended to a recipe for beef-tea?
"It is surely not very wicked to pretend to Kitty that I keep some of it for myself; she would not take it all if she knew I dined on the beef it was made from." Other entries showed too plainly that Miss Ailie stinted herself of food to provide delicacies for Miss Kitty.

No doubt her expenses were alarming her when she wrote this: "An interesting article in the _Mentor_ says that nearly all of us eat and drink too much.

Were we to mortify our stomachs we should be healthier animals and more capable of sustained thought.