As I was meditating on this discovery, a little girl, followed by her attendant, came running up the lawn. I looked at my pupil, who did not at first appear to notice me: she was quite a child, perhaps seven or eight years old, slightly built, with a pale, small-featured face, and a redundancy of hair falling in curls to her waiSt. “Good morning, Miss Adela,” said Mrs. Fairfax. “Come and speak to the lady who is to teach you, and to make you a clever woman some day.” She approached.

“C’est l� ma gouverante!” said she, pointing to me, and addressing her nurse; who answered —

“Mais oui, certainement.”

“Are they foreigners?” I inquired, amazed at hearing the French language.