THE EARNEST PHILANTEíROPMT. Adelaide, who paid her " very kind and marked attention ;" and the Duchess of Gloucester sent her a warm invitation. During these interviews with persons of exalted rank, she tells us, " I was always enabled to keep to my simple mode of speech as believe right, and yet to show them every respect and attention." She again visited Ireland in 1832 ; and in 1833, spent some time in the islands of Jersey and Guernsey, establishing district societies, and en- deavouring to improve the condition of the prisons and hospitals. In 1834 and 1836 she visited Ireland and Scotland, her interest in the subject of prison discipline unabated. In January, 1838, the ever-active philanthropist commenced a series of visits to various Continental countries. In Paris, she was presented to Louis Philippe, his Queen, and the Princess Adelaide. She also visited the Duchess of Orleans, with whom she had some most interesting conversation. Visiting the women's prison of St. Lazare, Paris, she obtained permission that a French lady, who accompanied her, might read to the wretched inmates. The parable of the Prodigal. Son was selected ; and as it proceeded, Mrs. Fry commented, the French lady translating each sentence as it was uttered. The scene was so novel and so affecting that not only the women but the jailor and turnkeys wept as they listened. This reading created a profound sensation in Paris ; and the women were 39
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