Villette Chapter 41 - Faubourg Clotilde Part 2

In which Lucy Snowe discovers with astonishment that she is to be the directress of a demoiselles’ school prepared through the devoted efforts of M. Paul Emanuel, who surprises her with his silent and steadfast kindness. She finds herself caught in the gentle unfolding of new responsibilities and tender confidences, as she learns of her pupils and shares her hidden troubles by moonlight with the friend who now seems the closest to her heart.