She is singularly gentle and taking in her manner.

She expresses herself better than any child of her own age in Sidmouth, so far as I know.
There are few so neatly and prettily dressed.

What is there to object to?
Her grandfather has been a sergeant in the army.

He bears a good character, and is liked wherever he goes.

I do not consider that James or myself are, in any way, demeaned by sitting down to meals with the child, who, indeed, behaves as prettily and nicely as one could wish; and I certainly do not see that any of my pupils can be injuriously affected by the fact that, for an hour or two in the day, she learns her lessons in the same room with them.