“And the question now arises what are we to do about other matters? Are we to go on as we have been doing? What are we to do? Submit, I suppose, to the inevitable. But is it inevitable?
“Altogether, I feel we are in an impasse.”
A month later comes a little more hope—
“Oct. 8, 1874.
“I heard to-day (from a governor of that St. Martin’s School which carries off Miss Derrick) that he had met a Brewer who talked quite warmly of our school, and also of the plan to take up the North London Collegiate School for boys, but that the head wanted good money consideration for it. I am very glad to hear this in every way. This last certainly entitles me to ‘good consideration,’ and not to lectures from—various persons!”
The next step comes in a note from Mrs. Grey—
“18, Cadogan Place, Jan. 18, 1875.
“My dear Miss Buss,
“I enclose a note I received on Saturday morning from Mr. Richmond, which please return. I congratulate you with all my heart on this crowning of your labours.
“Mr. Holloway has given us no further sign.