ADVANTAGE OF EMrLOYMENT. 11 



LETTER III. 



FROM THE SAME TO THE SAME. 



So, my dear girl, all my acquaintance pity me, 

 and wonder how I exist. You may tell them that 

 I begin to like my new manner of living, and believe, 

 when I am more accustomed to it, I shall become 

 quite fond of it. My time never passed so quickly ; 

 for I am always employed. If I happened to be 

 alone when I lived in London, how tedious the hours 

 seemed ! because, without an engagement, I had no 

 pursuit. Now the case is widely different : every 

 occupation is interesting. Do not suppose that there 

 is no variety : Mrs. Saville's conversation alone is a 

 fund of amusement and instruction. She has seen a 

 great deal of the world, mixed much in society, has 

 studied mankind, and enriched her mind with reading. 

 She possesses the uncommon art of correcting the 

 faults of those she is with, so agreeably, that she wins 

 their love whilst she obliquely reproves them. 



By leading me to a succession of employments, she 

 has almost cured me of that slothful habit of lounging 

 away time in doing nothing, or some trifle equivalent to 

 it. — " Chase away your chagrin, Caroline," says she, 



