10 EMPLOYMENT OF TIME. 



life-time she was accustomed to all the indulgences 

 of affluence ; but Mr. Saville having lived to the ut- 

 most verge of his income, and his estate being entailed, 

 it went to a male heir, and, consequently, very little 

 remained for her» 



We dine early, and the afternoons are often passed 

 in drawing ; an art in which Rachel excels, particu- 

 larly in taking views from nature. Sometimes we 

 converse or walk ; and, they tell me, they occasion- 

 ally pass an hour or two at the parsonage-house. 

 But I have not yet seen either Mr. Palmer or his wife, 

 as they are gone on a short excursion to the sea. 

 We close the day, as we began it, with the Bible ; and 

 retire to rest before the London fashionables have 

 finished their dinner. 



However Gothic this mode of living may appear 

 to you, I begin to think it is rather more reasonable 

 than that into which I was cast at Mr. Campbell's. 

 Time is requisite to reconcile the mind to new views ; 

 and regret will sometimes force itself on my mind at 

 the recollection that I was so lately the gay, modish, 

 and admired Caroline Greville ; and that now I am 

 an obscure, dependent, country girl. The thought 

 would overwhelm me, did not the example of Mrs. 

 Saville convince me that it is possible to endure such 

 a metamorphosis and be happy. Adieu. You shall 

 soon hear again from 



Caroline. 



