She hoped I would
pardon the liberty which she had taken by introducing herself to my
notice. She expressed a trust that the Lord would overrule both the
death of her sister and the personal acquaintance with me that resulted
from it, to a present and future good, as it respected herself and also
her parents, with whom she statedly lived, and to whom she expected to
return in a few days.
Finding that she was wanted in some household duty, I did not remain long
with her, but left her with an assurance that I proposed to visit her
parents very shortly.
"Sir," said she, "I take it very kind that you have condescended to leave
the company of the rich and converse with the poor. I wish I could have
said more to you respecting my own state of mind. Perhaps I shall be
better able another time. When you next visit me, instead of finding me
in these noble walls, you will see me in a poor cottage. But I am
happiest when there. Once more, sir, I thank you for your past kindness
to me and mine, and may God in many ways bless you for it."
I quitted the house with no small degree of satisfaction, in consequence
of the new acquaintance which I had formed. I discovered traces of a
cultivated as well as a spiritual mind.
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