But Mrs.B.required her governess to give instructions in music and singing, for which Charlotte was not qualified: and, accordingly, the negotiation fell through.

But Miss Bronte was not one to sit down in despair after disappointment.

Much as she disliked the life of a private governess, it was her duty to relieve her father of the burden of her support, and this was the only way open to her.

So she set to advertising and inquiring with fresh vigour.
In the meantime, a little occurrence took place, described in one of her letters, which I shall give, as it shows her instinctive aversion to a particular class of men, whose vices some have supposed she looked upon with indulgence.

The extract tells all that need be known, for the purpose I have in view, of the miserable pair to whom it relates.
"You remember Mr.and Mrs .-- -?
Mrs.--- came here the other day, with a most melancholy tale of her wretched husband's drunken, extravagant, profligate habits.