Early in March, 1841, Miss Bronte obtained her second and last situation as a governess.

This time she esteemed herself fortunate in becoming a member of a kind-hearted and friendly household.

The master of it, she especially regarded as a valuable friend, whose advice helped to guide her in one very important step of her life.

But as her definite acquirements were few, she had to eke them out by employing her leisure time in needlework; and altogether her position was that of "bonne" or nursery governess, liable to repeated and never-ending calls upon her time.

This description of uncertain, yet perpetual employment, subject to the exercise of another person's will at all hours of the day, was peculiarly trying to one whose life at home had been full of abundant leisure.