She spoke with all the simplicity of a child, and yet the seriousness of a Christian.

I could scarcely persuade myself that she was the same girl I had been accustomed to see in past time.

Her countenance was filled with interesting affections, and always spoke much more than her tongue could utter.

At the same time she now possessed an ease and liberty in speaking, to which she had formerly been a stranger: nevertheless, she was modest, humble, and unassuming.

Her readiness to converse was the result of spiritual anxiety, not childish forwardness.