“Any money given to us by the Endowed Schools Commission will be for _both_ schools. My only hope for the Upper School has been centred in the Endowed Commission. Our plan of placing the schools side by side will make the ground more easy to get.... I have long expected a grant from the Commission, but these things are so long about that there was a doubt on my mind whether the grant would be made for years to come. “Mr. Latham says the part of the Platt income available for St. Pancras amounts to about a thousand a year. He does not like the notion of the two schools being together. So it is proposed that we ask for about £16,000 for the two buildings and ground for the Lower School, on the Platt estate, which belongs to the Brewers.” The good news had come just as Miss Buss was starting for her summer holiday, this year spent in Germany and Switzerland. On her return she writes— “Myra Lodge, Sept. 14. 11.30 p.m. “Out of sight has not been out of mind, I assure you. “I got back yesterday at about one o’clock a.m. and have ever since been in a whirlpool of work and consequent worry. “There are more than _fifty_ new entries for the North London School, 54 in fact, and more are coming on Monday. “Over sixty are entered in the Camden School. The new buildings look very well—as a temporary thing—but must be furnished immediately in order to receive the new pupils; teachers must be found—housekeeper, servants, etc. I have been dashing through all sorts of work to-day, to get things in train. “Anyway, our success justifies our taking the new place, and puts us into the way of paying for it. “My holidays were perfectly delightful; but I must tell you about them at some other time. “My dear Annie, I am not sure at all about success not being too elating! I will try to guard against myself, but feel doubtful. Success of a certain kind is necessary to make one learn one’s self; but too much may be puffing up. “However, it has gone midnight, so I will say no more than that I am “Your loving “ARNIE; “that I am glad you are all well; that I shall not get any time to myself to-morrow, as I am to go to my father after service for the rest of the day, and that Monday will be a dreadfully hardworking day. “Will you take care of the _Times’_ account of the Prize Day? The mighty Thunderer sent his own Reporter!” “Myra Lodge, Dec. 10, 1872. “There has been a long—2½ hours—conversation with Mr. Roby and Mr. Latham. It is proposed to send us a draft of the scheme before it is published, and this draft is (if possible) to be _here_ by Monday week, the 23rd. “Next Monday we shall send out notices for a _special_ meeting to consider the draft.