It is, however, my duty to restrain this feeling at present, and I will endeavour to do so." Of course her absent sister and brother obtained a holiday to welcome her return home, and in a few weeks she was spared to pay a visit to her friend at B.

But she was far from well or strong, and the short journey of fourteen miles seems to have fatigued her greatly.
Soon after she came back to Haworth, in a letter to one of the household in which she had been staying, there occurs this passage:--"Our poor little cat has been ill two days, and is just dead.

It is piteous to see even an animal lying lifeless.

Emily is sorry." These few words relate to points in the characters of the two sisters, which I must dwell upon a little.

Charlotte was more than commonly tender in her treatment of all dumb creatures, and they, with that fine instinct so often noticed, were invariably attracted towards her.