“I whispered that I could make ducks and drakes of the £25: buy a dress if I liked, as the money was given to me for my comfort! She took me by the hand, and said she wished I would spend it exactly as I liked; it really was at my disposal. “If Mr. Robins is not our architect, I am sure he will exonerate you and me. I hope he will. Perhaps things will go as we wish. “Dr. S. distinctly told me he thought Miss Ewart had no particular person in her mind’s eye. “I am going to Mrs. Tait in the morning, and out to dinner in the afternoon. I mention the latter merely to let you know that I shall be hurried to-morrow.” “202, Camden Road, May 28. “I fear I cannot manage to get to you to-morrow evening. There is a Dorcas meeting here, followed by a lecture, which will keep me very late; and I have been under an engagement for more than a fortnight to go to Mrs. Arthur Arnold’s At Home (A. Arnold is editor or proprietor of the _Echo_) at Stanley Gardens, nine o’clock.” An introduction to the Rev. Stopford Brooke gave further pleasant encouragement as Mr. and Mrs. Stopford Brooke visited the schools, and were so much interested that they even spoke of sending their own daughters. The distance made this plan impracticable, but Mr. Brooke’s interest was shown in other ways. Miss Buss writes— “Mr. Stopford Brooke sent yesterday a cheque for £13 8_s._ 11_d._, with a note saying his people were away, but he would try again next year. Decidedly the publication of his sermon would be helpful to the cause of education, but I hope the right place would be given to Miss Davies. Please also take care of her note, which I enclose. Mr. Latham seemed to think we might perhaps get £300 a year for endowment. “The ‘leaving scholarships’ are like the £100 a year, for three years, given by the Merchants’ Company in Edinburgh. It would be delightful to send some girls to Girton College (papers of which I send you some copies) or to Germany, for music, etc. “If it is fine on Tuesday afternoon, what do you say to meeting me _here_ at six o’clock sharp, and of our going together to the Botanic Gardens? “We should at least be quiet; and a walk would be pleasant, or a drive to the entrance, and a walk inside? I want to see you.” “June, 1872.