I am not aware of all the circumstances which led to the relinquishment of the Lille plan.

Brussels had had from the first a strong attraction for Charlotte; and the idea of going there, in preference to any other place, had only been given up in consequence of the information received of the second-rate character of its schools.

In one of her letters reference has been made to Mrs.Jenkins, the wife of the chaplain of the British Embassy.

At the request of his brother--a clergyman, living not many miles from Haworth, and an acquaintance of Mr.Bronte's--she made much inquiry, and at length, after some discouragement in her search, heard of a school which seemed in every respect desirable.

There was an English lady who had long lived in the Orleans family, amidst the various fluctuations of their fortunes, and who, when the Princess Louise was married to King Leopold, accompanied her to Brussels, in the capacity of reader.