12th day .-- Deborah came down in the afternoon to examine our writing.

She looked at M.'s and gave her a severe reproof; she then looked at C.'s and said nothing.

I, thinking I had improved very much, offered mine for her to examine.

She took it and pointed out some of the best words as those which were not well written, and then she asked me the rule for dotting an i, and I acknowledged that I did not know.

She then said it was no wonder she had undergone so much distress in mind and body, and that her time had been devoted to us in vain.