48 Caroline's studies commended. 



LETTER VI. 



FROM EMILY TO CAROLINE. 



MY DEAR CAROLINE, 



The patience you have shown m your mis- 

 fortuneSj and the excellent use of your thue in retire- 

 ment, have made you a great favourite with my fa- 

 ther and mother ; as they flatter themselves that I 

 shall profit by your example, and, in due time, be- 

 come a very good girl. I hope so too ; but I have 

 a great deal to overcome before I can be half so amia- 

 ble as you are. You are contented under the gi'eat- 

 est disappointments, whilst the most insignificant 

 trifle puts me out of humour. Yesterday I had set 

 my mind upon taking a ride with a pleasant party of 

 young people, but nothing would content my mother 

 but that I should stay with her at home, to receive 

 an old gentleman, who had engaged to spend the 

 afternoon with her ; because he is a philosopher, and 

 your letter on instinct must be shown to him. I sub- 

 mitted with a very ill gi'ace, and was some time be- 

 fore I could recover the serenity of my countenance. 



Our visitor made me some amends for my disap- 

 pointment, by a pretty anecdote * which he related, 

 * Rev. John Hall's Travels in Scotland. 



