But, after a little reflection, I determined to summon what energy I had, and to weather the storm.

I said to myself, 'I have never yet quitted a place without gaining a friend; adversity is a good school; the poor are born to labour, and the dependent to endure.' I resolved to be patient, to command my feelings, and to take what came; the ordeal, I reflected, would not last many weeks, and I trusted it would do me good.

I recollected the fable of the willow and the oak; I bent quietly, and now, I trust, the storm is blowing over me.

Mrs.--- is generally considered an agreeable woman; so she is, I doubt not, in general society.

She behaves somewhat more civilly to me now than she did at first, and the children are a little more manageable; but she does not know my character, and she does not wish to know it.