I am sure no man more fitted to command the love and admiration of women ever lived.
Charlotte Benson with great self-devotion had insisted upon teaching the children for two hours every day, so that Mr.Langenau might not be annoyed at the thought that they were losing time, and that Sophie might not be inconvenienced.

It was the least that she could do, she reasoned, after the many lessons that Mr.Langenau had given us, with so much kindness, and without accepting a return.

Henrietta volunteered for the service, also, and from eleven to one every day the boys were caught and caged, and made to drink at the fountain of learning; or rather to approach that fountain, of which forty Charlottes and Henriettas could not have made them drink.
At that time Charlotte always decreed that Mr.Langenau should lie on the sofa and go to sleep.

The windows were darkened, and the room was cleared of visitors.

On this Friday morning, nearly two weeks after the accident, as I was following Sophie from the room (Charlotte having gone with Henrietta to capture the children), Mr.Langenau called after me rather imperiously, "Miss d'Estree--Miss Pauline--" It had been a stormy session, and I turned back with misgivings.