I know many of his faulty actions, many of his weak points; yet, where I am, he shall always find rather a defender than an accuser.

To be sure, my opinion will go but a very little way to decide his character; what of that?
People should do right as far as their ability extends.

You are not to suppose, from all this, that Mr.W.
and I are on very amiable terms; we are not at all.

We are distant, cold, and reserved.

We seldom speak; and when we do, it is only to exchange the most trivial and common-place remarks." The Mrs.B.alluded to in this letter, as in want of a governess, entered into a correspondence with Miss Bronte, and expressed herself much pleased with the letters she received from her, with the "style and candour of the application," in which Charlotte had taken care to tell her, that if she wanted a showy, elegant, or fashionable person, her correspondent was not fitted for such a situation.