Mrs.Garfield is a splendid lady.
She wasn't what you would call a brilliant teacher, but she was an unusually good one, very industrious, and the children made rapid progress in their studies under her.

And then she was studious, too.
Why, she acquired three languages while she was in school, both as a student and a teacher, and she spoke them well, I am told.

They were married shortly after he came back from Williams, and I forgot to tell you a nice little thing about the time when he paid Dr.Robinson back the money he had spent on him.

When Dr.Robinson refused to take the interest, which amounted to a snug little sum, Garfield said: 'Well, Doctor, that is one big point in my favor, as now I can get married.' It seems that they had been engaged for a long time, but had to wait till he could get something to marry on.

And I tell you it isn't every young man that will let the payment of a self-imposed debt stand between him and getting married to the girl he loves." Without anticipating too far events we have not yet reached, it may be said that Lucretia Garfield's education and culture made her not the wife only, but the sympathetic friend and intellectual helper of her husband.