“Maria G. Grey.”
Not less warm, nor less warmly appreciated, was a letter from Dr. Thorold, who had acted as the first chairman to the united governing body, after the reconstruction which admitted the representatives of the Brewers’ and the Clothworkers’ Companies. During his chairmanship, Dr. Thorold had been raised to the Bench, but, with all his new duties, as Bishop of Rochester, he had remained faithful to the work of which he had been one of the very earliest friends—
“Selsdon Park, July 19, 1879.
“Dear Miss Buss,
“I must write one line of warm and sincere congratulation to you, on what I may call the coronation day of the work to which you have given your life.
“While I was careful privately to inform the Prince of Wales of the service you have so conspicuously rendered to the education of girls for so many years past, all that he and the Princess saw must only have confirmed their impression of the solidity of the work to which they gave their cheerful and ample recognition.
“I say to you, God bless your work, and you in it, to the glory of His Holy Name!
“And I say it as one of your warm and sincere and many friends....
“Most truly yours,
“A. W. Roffen.”