I am afraid she will have a good deal of hard work to do now that Hannah" (a servant-girl who had been assisting Tabby) "is gone.

I am exceedingly glad to hear that you still keep Tabby" (considerably upwards of seventy).

"It is an act of great charity to her, and I do not think it will be unrewarded, for she is very faithful, and will always serve you, when she has occasion, to the best of her abilities; besides, she will be company for Emily, who, without her, would be very lonely." I gave a _devoir_, written after she had been four months under M.
Heger's tuition.

I will now copy out another, written nearly a year later, during which the progress made appears to me very great.
"31 Mai, 1843.
"SUR LA MORT DE NAPOLEON.
"Napoleon naquit en Corse et mourut a Ste.Helene.

Entre ces deux iles rien qu'un vaste et brulant desert et l'ocean immense.