Have you not heard of it ?" "I remember," he said--and read the lines that followed: "I recommend Miss Westerfield as a teacher of young children, having had ample proof of her capacity, industry, and good temper while she has been governess to my child.

She leaves her situation in my service under circumstances which testify to her sense of duty and her sense of gratitude." "Have I said," she asked, "more than I could honorably and truly say--even after what has happened ?" He could only look at her; no words could have spoken for him as his silence spoke for him at that moment.

When she took back the written paper there was pardon in her eyes already.
The last worst trial remained to be undergone; she faced it resolutely.
"Tell Miss Westerfield that I wish to see her." On the point of leaving the room, Herbert was called back.

"If you happen to meet with my mother," his wife added, "will you ask her to come to me ?" Mrs.Presty knew her daughter's nature; Mrs.Presty had been waiting near at hand, in expectation of the message which she now received.
Tenderly and respectfully, Mrs.Linley addressed herself to her mother.
"When we last met, I thought you spoke rashly and cruelly.

I know now that there was truth--_some_ truth, let me say--in what offended me at the time.