At length she met with Mrs.Vyvian, the widow of an officer who had died in India, a lady qualified in every way for the task, accomplished, a good linguist, speaking French and Italian as fluently as English--an accomplished musician, an artist of no mean skill, and, what Lady Earl valued still more, a woman of sterling principles and earnest religious feeling.
It was not a light task that Mrs.Vyvian undertook.

The children had reached their fifth year, and for ten years she bound herself by promise to remain with them night and day, to teach and train them.

It is true the reward promised was great.

Lady Earle settled a handsome annuity upon her.

Mrs.Vyvian was not dismayed by the lonely house, the complete isolation from all society, or the homely appearance of the farmer and his wife.