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Johnson
House
,
Chiswick
,
Dec.
18
--
.
Dear
Madam
--
I
have
the
honour
to
acknowledge
your
polite
communication
,
to
which
I
promptly
reply
.
'
Tis
most
gratifying
to
one
in
my
most
arduous
position
to
find
that
my
maternal
cares
have
elicited
a
responsive
affection
;
and
to
recognize
in
the
amiable
Mrs.
Bute
Crawley
my
excellent
pupil
of
former
years
,
the
sprightly
and
accomplished
Miss
Martha
MacTavish
.
I
am
happy
to
have
under
my
charge
now
the
daughters
of
many
of
those
who
were
your
contemporaries
at
my
establishment
--
what
pleasure
it
would
give
me
if
your
own
beloved
young
ladies
had
need
of
my
instructive
superintendence
!
Presenting
my
respectful
compliments
to
Lady
Fuddleston
,
I
have
the
honour
(
epistolarily
)
to
introduce
to
her
ladyship
my
two
friends
,
Miss
Tuffin
and
Miss
Hawky
.
Either
of
these
young
ladies
is
PERFECTLY
QUALIFIED
to
instruct
in
Greek
,
Latin
,
and
the
rudiments
of
Hebrew
;
in
mathematics
and
history
;
in
Spanish
,
French
,
Italian
,
and
geography
;
in
music
,
vocal
and
instrumental
;
in
dancing
,
without
the
aid
of
a
master
;
and
in
the
elements
of
natural
sciences
.
In
the
use
of
the
globes
both
are
proficients
.
In
addition
to
these
Miss
Tuffin
,
who
is
daughter
of
the
late
Reverend
Thomas
Tuffin
(
Fellow
of
Corpus
College
,
Cambridge
)
,
can
instruct
in
the
Syriac
language
,
and
the
elements
of
Constitutional
law
.
But
as
she
is
only
eighteen
years
of
age
,
and
of
exceedingly
pleasing
personal
appearance
,
perhaps
this
young
lady
may
be
objectionable
in
Sir
Huddleston
Fuddleston
's
family
.
Miss
Letitia
Hawky
,
on
the
other
hand
,
is
not
personally
well-favoured
.
She
is-twenty-nine
;
her
face
is
much
pitted
with
the
small-pox
.
She
has
a
halt
in
her
gait
,
red
hair
,
and
a
trifling
obliquity
of
vision
.
Both
ladies
are
endowed
with
EVERY
MORAL
AND
RELIGIOUS
VIRTUE
.
Their
terms
,
of
course
,
are
such
as
their
accomplishments
merit
.
With
my
most
grateful
respects
to
the
Reverend
Bute
Crawley
,
I
have
the
honour
to
be
,
Dear
Madam
,
Your
most
faithful
and
obedient
servant
,
Barbara
Pinkerton
.
P.S.
.
The
Miss
Sharp
,
whom
you
mention
as
governess
to
Sir
Pitt
Crawley
,
Bart.
,
M.P.
,
was
a
pupil
of
mine
,
and
I
have
nothing
to
say
in
her
disfavour
.
Though
her
appearance
is
disagreeable
,
we
can
not
control
the
operations
of
nature
:
and
though
her
parents
were
disreputable
(
her
father
being
a
painter
,
several
times
bankrupt
,
and
her
mother
,
as
I
have
since
learned
,
with
horror
,
a
dancer
at
the
Opera
)
;
yet
her
talents
are
considerable
,
and
I
can
not
regret
that
I
received
her
OUT
OF
CHARITY
.
My
dread
is
,
lest
the
principles
of
the
mother
--
who
was
represented
to
me
as
a
French
Countess
,
forced
to
emigrate
in
the
late
revolutionary
horrors
;
but
who
,
as
I
have
since
found
,
was
a
person
of
the
very
lowest
order
and
morals
--
should
at
any
time
prove
to
be
HEREDITARY
in
the
unhappy
young
woman
whom
I
took
as
AN
OUTCAST
.
But
her
principles
have
hitherto
been
correct
(
I
believe
)
,
and
I
am
sure
nothing
will
occur
to
injure
them
in
the
elegant
and
refined
circle
of
the
eminent
Sir
Pitt
Crawley
.
