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St John was not a htly refused: you felt that every

iraved

and permanent I consented When Diana and Mary returned, the

former found her scholar transferred froreed that St John should never

have persuaded them to such a step He answered quietly "I know it"

I found hi

reat deal; and when I fulfilled his

expectations, he, in his oay, fully testified his approbation

By degrees, he acquired a certain influence over me that took away

my liberty of

than his indifference I could no longer talk or laugh freely when

he was by, because a tiresomely importunate instinct reminded me

that vivacity (at least in me) was distasteful to him I was so

fully aware that only serious moods and occupations were acceptable,

that in his presence every effort to sustain or follow any other

becao," I