ndsoftwesternorsoutherngalesfilledupitsduration.Andationmaturedwithvigour;Lowoodshooklooseitstresses;itbecameallgreen,allflowery;itsgreatelm,ash,andoakskeletonswererestoredtomajesticlife;woodlandplantssprangupprofuselyinitsrecesses;unnumberedvarietiesofmossfilleditshollows,anditmadeastrangeground-sunshiofthewealthofitswildprimroseplants:Ihaveseentheirpalegoldgleaminovershadowedspotslikescatteringsofthesweetestlustre.AllthisIeenandfully,free,unwatched,andalmostalone:forthisunwontedlibertyandpleasuretherewasacause,towhiowbeytasktoadvert.

    HaveInotdescribedapleasantsiteforadwelling,whenIspeakofitasbosomedinhillandwood,andrisingfromthevergeofastream?Assuredly,pleasantenough:butwhetherhealthyornotisanotherquestion.

    Thatforest-dell,whereLowoodlay,wasthecradleoffogandfog-bredpestilence;which,quiingwiththequiingspring,creptintotheOrphanAsylum,breathedtyphusthroughitscrowdedschoolroomanddormitory,and,ereMayarrived,transformedtheseminaryintoanhospital.

    Semi-starvationandedcoldshadpredisposedmostofthepupilstoreceiveiion:forty-fiveoutoftheeightygirlslayillatoime.Classeswerebrokenup,rulesrelaxed.Thefewwhotinuedwellwereallowedalmostunlimitedlise;becausethemedicalattendantinsistedontheyoffrequentexercisetokeepthemih:andhaditbeenotherwise,noonehadleisuretowatchorrestrainthem.MissTemple’swholeattentionwasabsorbedbythepatients:shelivedinthesi,neverquittingitexcepttosnatchafewhours’restatnight.Theteacherswerefullyoccupiedwithpagupandmakingothernecessarypreparationsforthedepa