Here Mrs. Clark's history of her days of trial ceased.
"Why did she not write more of her school-teaching life?" I asked. "I should like to hear her account of it; I am sure it would be interesting."
"It is," said Isabel; "she has related many incidents to me that are very amusing, and some pathetic. I will ask her to tell you about them some time. This she wrote for me to correct some very foolish notions I had acquired at Mrs. W.'s school. Who would think, after seeing mother, that work must necessarily degrade any one? You know Burritt says: 'If a man thinks at his work, his thoughts are strong,' and mother exemplifies it; her thoughts are also gentle."
Again Isabel resorted to the piano, but this time it was accompanied by a gentle evening hymn.
TIME'S CHANGES; OR, FASHIONS IN THE OLDEN TIMES.
JULY, 1730.
Extracts from the Diary of my Greatgrand-mother.
Five o'clock.—Got up an hour before my usual time to distil surfeit-water. Said my prayers. Finished one of my father's new shirts. Mem. To send to town for some currants, raisins, and ratafia water.