"The only thing is, then, that the person be in herself to your taste ?" "She is going to offer you an unappreciated governess!" Tristram groaned.
"Assuredly.

I won't deny that, other things being equal, I should prefer one of my own countrywomen.

We should speak the same language, and that would be a comfort.

But I am not afraid of a foreigner.

Besides, I rather like the idea of taking in Europe, too.