Her frantic joy at beholding me again moved me much. She looked pale and
thin: she said she was not happy. I found the rules of the establishment
were too strict, its course of study too severe, for a child of her age:
I took her home with me. I meant to become her governess once more; but
I soon found this impracticable; my time and cares were now required by
another—my husband needed them all. So I sought out a school conducted
on a more indulgent system; and near enough to permit of my visiting her often
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