She had come, she said, to live in the parish, and hoped to be able, with his assistance, to be of some use among the people.

She would hardly know how to act without some counsel from him.

The schools might be all that was excellent, but if there was anything required she hoped he would tell her.

On the following morning the clergyman called, and, with many thanks for her generosity, listened to her plans, and accepted her subsidies.

But he was a married man, and he said nothing of his wife, nor during the next week did his wife come to call on her.