When these had been judiciously distributed in the various rooms she would be likely to occupy, I considered that my preparations were complete.

Sound doctrine in the servants who waited on her; sound doctrine in the minister who preached to her; sound doctrine in the books that lay on her table--such was the treble welcome which my zeal had prepared for the motherless girl! A heavenly composure filled my mind, on that Saturday afternoon, as I sat at the window waiting the arrival of my relatives.

The giddy throng passed and repassed before my eyes.

Alas! how many of them felt my exquisite sense of duty done?
An awful question.

Let us not pursue it.
Between six and seven the travellers arrived.