‘Nature never lends
The smallest scruple of her excellence,
But, like a thrifty goddess, she determines
Herself ...
Both thanks and use.’—Measure for Measure.
A favourite quotation of Miss Beale’s.
[104] After Mrs. Robinson’s death in 1906, Miss Beale wrote to Canon Robinson, ‘I think I may say that Clara was the best beloved of all my children.’
[105] F. Du Pré.
[106] Fraser’s Magazine, October 1866.