The said heart was painted red and below it I wrote in my largest and clearest handwriting, _Mrs.B.Amo te_.

When the Latin was translated for her, her gratification was great.

At first she was put out by there being only two Latin words to three English ones, but she got over the difficulty at last by always reading it thus:-- "A mo te, I love thee." My Latin had not advanced much beyond this stage when I began to go to Mr.Andrewes every day.
Thenceforward I progressed rapidly in my learning.

Mr.Andrewes was a good scholar, and (quite another matter) a good teacher; and I fancy that I was not wanting in quickness or in willingness to work.

But Latin, and arithmetic, and geography, and the marvellous improvement he soon made in my handwriting, were small parts indeed of all that I owe to that good friend of my childhood.