Feeling injured by the implied accusation of mismanagement, yet, with a sense of its truth, used to be petted, and new to rebuffs, yet with a sincere wish to act rightly, she was much perplexed by this, her first reverse, and had come partly with the view of consulting Flora, though she had fallen on other counsellors.
"Margaret, our adviser general," said the doctor, "what do you say?
Put yourself in the place of Mrs.Charles Wilmot, and say, shall Miss Rivers teach or not ?" "I had rather you would, papa." "Not I--I never kept school." "Well, then, I being Mrs.Wilmot, should certainly be mortified if Miss Rivers deserted me because the children were naughty.

I think, I think I had rather she came and asked me what she had better do." "And you would answer 'teach,' for fear of vexing her," said Meta.
"I should, and also for the sake of letting her learn to teach." "The point where only trial shows one's ignorance," said Dr.May.
"But I don't want to do it for my own sake," said Meta.

"I do everything for my own sake already." "For theirs, then," said the doctor.

"If teaching will not come by nature, you must serve an apprenticeship, if you mean to be of service in that line.

Perhaps it was the gift that the fairies omitted." "But will it do any good to them ?" "I can't tell; but I am sure it would do them harm for you to give it up, because it is disagreeable." "Well," said Meta, with a sigh, "I'll go and talk to Mrs.Wilmot.