“The high proportion of success attained by the female candidates was the subject of special remark at the Senate this afternoon; and I need hardly say, of special felicitation to a good many of us.
“Yours very truly,
“J. G. Fitch.”
To the same effect is the expression of warm sympathy from Mrs. Grey—
“Harbledown Rectory, Canterbury, July 20, 1879.
“My dear Miss Buss,
“I must write you a few lines to congratulate you on your splendid opening ceremonial and prize-giving. When I remember the position of the schools when I had the good fortune to make your acquaintance, and compare it with the statements made last Tuesday, it seems like something in a fairy-tale. And yet with what ceaseless toil has each step been won. It does one’s heart good, and makes one think better of life, to see such a brave, life-long fight as yours crowned at last—crowned, too, while your head can still wear the crown, and with years before you in which to ripen the fruits of your victory. I have often feared that you would break down under the strain of final success come too late. Thank God it is not so.
“I do not know when I shall see you, unless you come to Rome at Christmas.
“Do not forget me on my shelf, and believe me ever,
“Yours affectionately,