Then, when an occasion arrived on which it was absolutely necessary to find a worker for the Highgate Home, she wrote: ‘_Are you sure_ that you don’t know of a really good young lady not _over_ accomplished, and she need know neither Greek nor Hindostanee, who would come and _live_ at the Home, with a salary of £30 only, and _poor people’s_ diet?’ This was followed by a still more practical suggestion: ‘Is there any chance (I don’t like the word) of your liking to take the Headship of a large Penitentiary to be worked by Sisters, but the whole under strict, honest, English principles—more like Kaiserwerth than anything we have now?’ Dorothea’s answer seems to have emboldened Mrs. Lancaster to make a definite suggestion to her to come herself, either as a Sister or a lay worker, and the following note from Mrs. Lancaster, written during the summer holidays of the Casterton year, shows that the idea was to some extent entertained. It is interesting also in the history of the work and institution established by that lady. ‘As your mind does not altogether say “No” to my proposal at once, I write a line to beg you not to _decide against_ the thought of what I wrote to you about, without weighing very seriously these considerations: ‘What is the highest work? ‘What constitutes a call to God’s service? ‘Is it lawful to give up a higher for a lower work? ‘If, when you have considered it well, you feel at all drawn towards it, then will you write either to me or to the Rev. John Oliver of St. Mary’s House of Mercy, Highgate, appointing with him to see you (for the appointment is in his hands), and he will not make it unless he is fully convinced that the lady would work it on strictly English principles, and that her _heart_ was given to God first. He is very earnest and very honest, and all there seems most hopeful if regarded as a beginning and a foundation, for at present there are only two Sisters and one other lady at work. The house and grounds are delightful, the Penitents in a good healthy state, and if but a _wise_ lady is given to the work I should be very hopeful of seeing _there_, _such_ a Sisterhood as we have talked about but have not been privileged to see growing up in English soil. Pray do consult your sister, or your parents, but please confidentially, as I think we ought to do these _preliminaries_ as quietly as possible. I have mentioned your name _quite_ in confidence to Mr. Oliver, and I _do_ hope you will see him and talk it out to _the bottom_ with him before you decide. I know you will do what is better than all, ask for guidance that cannot fail.