Charlotte Brontë at home . r hill and dale,if he or she were his parishioner, andnever forgot to ask after ailing wife orchild. How he would walk fifteen milesin the teeth of snow or sleet, to get him-self into a glow-loike, and care noughtfor his wet coat and frozen breeches. Allagree that the family kep theirselvesverra close. As indeed they had a roightto do, if they loiked. Sarah De Garrss emphatic declarationthat Mr. Bronte was at all times a gen- The Six Babies 27 flenmii, never showing temper in theleast, tender in the sick-room and kindto his children —confirms the impressionsgained f
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Charlotte Brontë at home . r hill and dale, if he or she were his parishioner, andnever forgot to ask after ailing wife orchild. How he would walk fifteen milesin the teeth of snow or sleet, to get him-self into a glow-loike, and care noughtfor his wet coat and frozen breeches. Allagree that the family kep theirselvesverra close. As indeed they had a roightto do, if they loiked. Sarah De Garrss emphatic declarationthat Mr. Bronte was at all times a gen- The Six Babies 27 flenmii, never showing temper in theleast, tender in the sick-room and kindto his children —confirms the impressionsgained from tap-room and cottage gossip, to wit, that the popular verdict upon theeccentric recluse (in which I had heretoforeheartily acquiesced) may have been one-sided and unjust. He never gave me an angry word !is one of the three recorded sayings of hisdevoted wife. Her love and his daughters steadfastfilial piety may have had more warrant inhis character and behaviour than the major-ity of the Bronte cult are ready to admit.. CHAPTER III mrs. brontes death—miss branwell childrens home education CHARLOTTE BRONTE was but fiveyears old when the six childrenwere led, in solemn ceremony, to theirmothers room to see her die. The day was September 15, 1821. Theweary agony of the cureless malady hadlasted a year and a half. Yet enough vital-ity remained in the emaciated frame tomake death a struggle. So hard was itthat, as an eye-witness told me, the kneeswere drawn up rigidly against the body, and could not be straightened when lifewas extinct. She had expressed the wish to her hus-band that all the dear faces should beabout her when she died, and the faithfulSarah carried Baby Anne in her arms when28 Mrs. Brontes Death 29 the summons came. The husband did notleave his post at his wifes pillow until, as he has inscribed upon her memorial-stone, Her soul departed to her Saviour. Less aptly he added, — Be ye also ready, for, in such an hour as ye think not, theSon of Man cometh. The lon