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176 of Calcutta); but she was thankful throughout: "My loss is little compared with her gain, and the remainder of my pilgrimage will be short."

Mrs. Macaulay, the adopted younger sister, came to her early in November, to help her in looking over papers and setting things in order. She was greatly touched when the Shipham schoolmaster came over, with his donkey and panniers, to fetch the books yearly supplied to the school, and she asked him why no one from the parish had for weeks been at Barley Wood, "Why, madam," he answered, "they be so cut up, they have not the heart to come."

These Shipham people, to a man, signed a loyal address, originated among themselves, expressing their disapproval of the democratic agitations taking place in 1819, and it was presented to the Prince Regent with a note on their former act of patriotism.

The bereaved sister was not left alone. She always had the attendance of Miss Frowd, her excellent companion, and one or the other of her cousins, the Robertses, who had a house at Clifton, was almost constantly with her. Her eyesight and hearing were perfect, and though she could no longer visit her schools, she still attended to all the details connected with them. She did not shrink from preparing the school rewards in the ensuing spring, though remembering how this had been the exclusive delight and work of Patty, who in her last round had distributed 1300 of them.