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thing might be done察and lamented greatly that it could not。               'Well察well' 

said she察'it's no use complaining。         Possibly something might be done to 

further the project after all。      Mary察you are a beautiful drawer。           What do 

you say to doing a few more pictures in your best style察and getting them 

framed察  with   the   water´coloured   drawings   you   have   already   done察  and 

trying to dispose of them to some liberal picture´dealer察who has the sense 

to discern their merits' 

     'Mamma察I should be delighted if you think they COULD be sold察and 

for anything worth while。' 

     'It's  worth   while   trying察  however察    my   dear此   do   you   procure    the 

drawings察and I'll endeavour to find a purchaser。' 

     'I wish I could do something' said I。 

     'You察Agnes well察who knows拭            You draw pretty well察too此         if you 

choose some simple piece for your subject察I daresay you will be able to 

produce something we shall all be proud to exhibit。' 

     'But I have another scheme in my head察mamma察and have had long察

only I did not like to mention it。' 

     'Indeed pray tell us what it is。' 

     'I should like to be a governess。' 

     My   mother     uttered   an   exclamation     of  surprise察  and  laughed。     My 

sister dropped her work in astonishment察exclaiming察'YOU a governess察

Agnes      What can you be dreaming of' 

     'Well    I   don't   see   anything   so   VERY  extraordinary   in   it。 I   do   not 

pretend to be able to instruct great girls察but surely I could teach little ones此

and   I   should   like   it   so   much此I   am   so   fond   of   children。 Do   let   me察

mamma' 

     'But察my love察you have not learned to take care of YOURSELF yet此



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and young children require more judgment and experience to manage than 

elder ones。' 

     'But察  mamma察  I   am   above   eighteen察  and   quite   able   to   take   care   of 

myself察and others too。        You do not know half the wisdom and prudence I 

possess察because I have never been tried。' 

     'Only think' said Mary察'what would you do in a house full of strangers察

without me or mamma to speak and act for you ´ with a parcel of children察

besides   yourself察  to   attend   to察  and   no   one   to   look   to   for   advice拭You 

would not even know what clothes to put on。' 

     'You think察because I always do as you bid me察I have no judgment of 

my own此      but only try me ´ that is all I ask ´ and you shall see what I can 

do。' 

     At   that   moment   my   father   entered   and   the   subject   of   our   discussion 

was explained to him。 

     'What察  my   little   Agnes   a   governess'   cried   he察  and察  in   spite   of   his 

dejection察he laughed at the idea。 

     'Yes察  papa察  don't   YOU   say   anything   against   it此   I   should   like   it   so 

much察and I am sure I could manage delightfully。' 

     'But察my darling察we could not spare you。'             And a tear glistened in his 

eye as he added ´ 'No察no afflicted as we are察surely we are not brought to 

that pass yet。' 

     'Oh察no' said my mother。          'There is no necessity whatever for such a 

step察it is merely a whim of her own。            So you must hold your tongue察you 

naughty girl察for察though you are so ready to leave us察you know very well 

we cannot part with YOU。' 

     I was silenced for that day察and for many succeeding ones察but still I 

did   not   wholly   relinquish   my   darling   scheme。       Mary   got   her   drawing 

materials察and steadily set to work。            I got mine too察but while I drew察 I 

thought of other things。         How delightful it would be to be a governess 

To go out into the world察to enter upon a new life察to act for myself察to 

exercise my unused faculties察to try my unknown powers察to earn my own 

maintenance察and something to comfort and help my father察mother察and 

sister察  besides    exonerating     them    from    the  provision     of  my    food   and 

clothing察to show papa what his little Agnes could do察to convince mamma 



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and    Mary     that   I  was   not   quite   the   helpless察  thoughtless      being   they 

supposed。       And   then察  how   charming   to   be   entrusted   with   the   care   and 

education of children         Whatever others said察I felt I was fully competent 

to   the   task此   the    clear   remembrance        of  my    own    thoughts     in  early 

childhood would be a surer guide than the instructions of the most mature 

adviser。     I had but to turn from my little pupils to myself at their age察and 

I should know察at once察how to win their confidence and affections此                    how 

to   waken   the   contrition   of   the   erring察  how   to   embolden   the   timid   and 

console the afflicted察how to make Virtue practicable察Instruction desirable察

and Religion lovely and comprehensible。 

       ´ Delightful task To teach the young idea how to shoot 

       To train the tender plants察and watch their buds unfolding day by day 

     Influenced   by   so   many   inducements察  I   determined   still   to   persevere察

though     the   fear   of  displeasing     my   mother察   or   distressing    my   father's 

feelings察 prevented   me   from  resuming   the subject   for several   days。             At 

length察  again察  I   mentioned   it   to   my   mother   in   private察  and察  with   some 

difficulty察   got  her   to  promise     to  assist  me   with    her  endeavours。      My 

father's reluctant consent was next obtained察and then察though Mary still 

sighed   her   disapproval察  my   dear察  kind   mother   began   to   look   out   for   a 

situation   for   me。    She   wrote   to   my   father's   relations察  and   consulted   the 

newspaper   advertisements   ´   her   own   relations   she   had   long   dropped   all 

communication with此          a formal interchange of occasional letters was all 

she had ever had since her marriage察and she would not at any time have 

applied to them in a case of this nature。              But so long and so entire had 

been    my    parents'   seclusion    from   the   world察   that  many   weeks      elapsed 

before a suitable situation could be procured。 At last察to my great joy察 it 

was decreed that I should take charge of the young family of a certain Mrs。 

Bloomfield察whom my kind察prim aunt Grey had known in her youth察and 

asserted to be a very nice woman。             Her husband was a retired tradesman察

who had realized a very comfortable fortune察but could not be prevailed 

upon to give a greater salary than twenty´five pounds to the instructress of 

his children。      I察however察was glad to accept this察rather than refuse the 

situation ´ which my parents were inclined to think the better plan。 

     But some   weeks   more   were   yet   to   be devoted   to   preparation。         How 



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long察  how   tedious   those   weeks   appeared   to   me       Yet   they   were   happy 

ones in the main ´ full of bright hopes and ardent expectations。 With what 

peculiar     pleasure    I  assisted   at  the   making     of  my    new    clothes察  and察

subsequently察     the   packing    of  my    trunks    But    there  was    a  feeling   of 

bitterness mingling with the latter occupation too察and when it was done ´ 

when all was ready for my departure on the morrow察and the last night at 

home approached ´ a sudden anguish seemed to swell my heart。                      My dear 

friends looked so sad察and spoke so very kindly察that I could scarcely keep 

my  eyes   from  overflowing此        but   I   still   affected   to   be gay。 I   had   taken 

my last ramble with Mary on the moors察my last walk in the garden察and 

round the house察I had fed察with her察our pet pigeons for the last time ´ the 

pretty creatures that we had tamed to peck their food from our hands此                     I 

had given a farewell stroke to all their silky backs as they crowded in my 

lap。    I had tenderly kissed my own peculiar favourites察the pair of snow´ 

white   fantails察  I   had   played   my   last   tune   on   the   old   familiar   piano察  and 

sung   my  last song   to   papa此    not   the last察 I  hoped察but   the last   for   what 

appeared to me a very long time。             And察perhaps察when I did these things 

again     it  would    be   with   different    feelings此   circumstances       might     be 

changed察and this house might never be my settled home again。               

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