She was laughing and talking very gaily.
She looked a little stout, vivacious lady, very plainly dressed, not much
dignity or pretension about her. The Belgians liked her very well on the
whole. They said she enlivened the sombre court of King Leopold, which
is usually as gloomy as a conventicle. Write to me again soon. Tell me
whether papa really wants me very much to come home, and whether you do
likewise. I have an idea that I should be of no use there--a sort of
aged person upon the parish. I pray, with heart and soul, that all may
continue well at Haworth; above all in our grey half-inhabited house. God
bless the walls thereof! Safety, health, happiness, and prosperity to
you, papa, and Tabby. Amen.
"C. B."
Towards the end of this year (1843) various reasons conspired with the
causes of anxiety which have been mentioned, to make her feel that her
presence was absolutely and imperatively required at home, while she had
acquired all that she proposed to herself in coming to Brussels the
second time; and was, moreover, no longer regarded with the former
kindliness of feeling by Madame Heger. In consequence of this state of
things, working down with sharp edge into a sensitive mind, she suddenly
announced to that lady her immediate intention of returning to England.
Both M.
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