I expected that he would pity me, and that his pity would have a little contempt mixed with it, and I had made up my mind to endure the bitterness of this, for the sake of establishing that claim upon his advice and aid, which I was certain, after the first shock of such a confession, my wretchedness would give me.

But he had not one word of reproof to say; either he had heard, or he guessed that my fault had brought its full measure of punishment, and that what I needed was rather consolation than reproach.
He went away and left me, as he often left me afterwards, with courage and patience renewed for the hard struggle of my life.
"My husband had lately been more than ever away; and though in his absence I had often the greatest difficulty to obtain food, or any kind of necessaries, yet I was thankful for the peace in which I could then live.

I learned to embroider in the Indian fashion, and was able to repay the kindness I received from Mary, and some of the other squaws, by drawing patterns for them, and by teaching them how to make more comfortable clothes for themselves and their children.

After Mr.
Strafford had been a little while on the island, he proposed to establish a school for this kind of work, and I became the mistress.

The women and girls came to me more readily than they would have done to a stranger, and I soon had a good number of pupils.
"Several months passed, after Mr.Strafford's coming, without anything new occurring.