Thepromiseofasmoothcareer,whichmyfirstcalmintrodutoThornfieldHallseemedtopledge,wasnotbeliedonalongeracquaintahthepladitsinmates.Mrs.Fairfaxturtobewhatsheappeared,aplacid-tempered,kind-naturedwoman,ofpetenteducationandaverageintelligence.Mypupilwasalivelychild,whohadbeenspoiltandindulged,andthereforewassometimeswayward;butasshewasittedeomycare,andnoinjudiciousinterferenanyquartereverthwartedmyplansforherimprovement,shesootherlittlefreaks,andbecameobedientandteachable.Shehadalents,nomarkedtraitsofcharacter,nopeculiardevelopmentoffeelingortastewhichraisedheroneinchabovetheordinarylevelofchildhood;butherhadsheanydeficyorvicewhikherbelowit.Shemadereasonableprogress,eainedformeavivacious,thoughperhapsnotveryprofound,affe;andbyhersimplicity,gayprattle,andeffortstoplease,inspiredme,iurn,withadegreeofattatsuffittomakeusbothtentineachother’ssociety.

    This,parparenthèse,willbethoughtcoollanguagebypersonswhoeainsolemndoesabouttheangeliatureofchildren,ayofthosechargedwiththeireducationtoceiveforthemanidolatrousdevotion:butIamnotwritingtoflatterpareism,toechot,orpropuphumbug;Iammerelytellih.IfeltastioussolicitudeforAdèle’swelfareandprogress,andaquietlikingforherlittleself:justasIcherishedtowardsMrs.Fairfaxathankfulnessforherkindness,andapleasureinhersocietyproportiohetranquilregardshehadforme,andthemoderationofhermindandcharacter.

    Anybodymayblamemewholikes,whenIaddfurther,that,nowandtheookawalkbymyselfinthegrounds;whedowntothegatesandlookedthroughthemalongtheroad;orwhen,w