In the village school I found you could perform well，punctually，uprightly，labour uncongenial to your habits and inclinations; I saw you could perform it with capacity and tact: you could win while you controlled. In the calm with which you learnt you had bee suddenly rich，I read a mind clear of the vice of Demas:- lucre had no undue power over you. In the resolute readiness with which you cut your wealth into four shares，keeping but one to yourself，and relinquishing the three others to the claim of abstract justice，I recognised a soul that revelled in the flame and excitement of sacrifice. In the tractability with which，at my wish，you forsook a study in which you were interested，and adopted another because it interested me; in the untiring assiduity with which you have since persevered in it- in the unflagging energy and unshaken temper with which you have met its difficulties- I acknowledge the plement of the qualities I seek. Jane，you are docile，diligent，disinterested，faithful，constant，and courageous; very gentle，and very heroic: cease to mistrust yourself- I can trust you unreservedly. As a conductress of Indian schools，and a helper amongst Indian women，your assistance will be to me invaluable."

My iron shroud contracted round me; persuasion advanced with slow，sure step. Shut my eyes as I would，these last words of his succeeded in making the way，which had seemed blocked up，paratively clear. My work，which had appeared so vague，so hopelessly diffuse，condensed itself as he proceeded，and assumed a definite form under his shaping hand. He waited for an answer. I demanded a quarter of an hour to think，before I again hazarded a reply.

"Very willingly," he rejoined; and rising，he strode a little distance up the pass，threw himself down on a swell of heath，and there lay still.