Lady Victoria Campbell

54 FROM DEATH UNTO LIFE
sick-room visit." It was not the last, and by degrees
light came out of darkness. What Lady Emma was
to her in these days it is impossible to say. She de-
voted her whole time and thought to the room in her
house where the weary fight was being maintained
for so long without any hope of seeing a recovery, and
she was only desirous that the tired mind and body
might be led by still waters and green pastures.
When the tide of life returned, Lady Emma was
unwearied in her efforts to minister to all that could
amuse and revive the mental condition. There was
much need of encouragement, and how Lady Emma
understood the girl who was to be such a comfort
in her own future life, the following letters will show : —
1878.
My darling bairny,
I am sure no rough step or bit of your road has
been without its purpose and its blessing. When
I began to think you were to live and not die, nine
years ago, I was sure you had work to do, and you
may remember my telling you, when you would not
believe it, that a life of much use and work at home
might be before you.
Peculiar training and discipline — if we are taught
to accept it — is ever for a purpose and one of
abundant recompense.
1874.
Darling, — The day I left you, as we drove along,
the two subjects that came to my mind suggested