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130 _ LETTERS.
With respect to my grand project of travelling, I see
plainly that nothing can now be done. I must wait. In
my present position, — especially my pecuniary position, —
patience is the best wisdom. God’s will be done! Mean-
while I intend to be more active in all that surrounds me.
Be it said with due permission, I am thoroughly healthy
and strong. But who will believe my words ?
Farewell, my dear Charlotte; write more about your-
self ; read “ Grandison,” and be not more reserved than
this model of perfection, and his Miss Byron.
Ansra, 18th J une, 1828.
Our letters cross each other, my dear Charlotte! By
your last, addressed to us all, I see with sincere delight
that you seem to thrive well and to amuse yourself occa-
sionally. When next you write, tell me more particularly
how you feel, and of the state of your mind, etc., etc. It
interests me more than any thing else. Ah! how exceed-
ingly delightful it will be to see you again, and yet I wish
that it may not be so soon. Our family atmosphere is
heavy, and I know that if I should see it depress you, I
should again lose the strength which I have recovered in
the course of these two pleasant, but solitary winters at
Arsta. I ama poor child, dearest Charlotte, sensitive in
the extreme both for myself and for others; and amongst
these others, you are nearest to my heart. Do not, how-
ever, believe that I am sad; far from it; I enjoy very
gratefully and contentedly the many peaceful days which I
now have; and the glances which I cast into the future,
although half shy and by stealth, reveal to me always what
I wish for my sisters and for myself. I occupy myself as
usual, and more I might do if I would meddle in the inter-
nal state affairs of this place. Now and then a peasant or
a peasant woman come to solicit my intercession and my
protection in one thing or another; but I, poor thing, who
have less influence than the dishclout of a Prime Minis-
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