In the autumn of 1853, she was then twenty-seven years old, she wrote to ask Mr. W. Hanks Levy to call upon her in Queen Anne Street. She said she had been told that he could give her the information she wanted as to the condition and requirements of the blind.

FOOTNOTE:

[5] MS. Sermon on the Blind, Rev. F. D. Maurice.


CHAPTER VII

THE BLIND MANAGER

"While thou livest, while it is in thy power, be good."

Marcus Aurelius.

The interview in Queen Anne Street was one of the most important events in Bessie's life.