You speak of what you have read, and I have already noticed how clearly and correctly you express yourself.

You must have been educated.

Was it at home?
or at school?
"I was once sent to school," Fanny replied, not quite willingly.
"Was it a private school ?" "Yes." That short answer warned Iris to be careful.
"Recollections of school," she said good-humouredly, "are not the pleasantest recollections in some of our lives.

Perhaps I have touched on a subject which is disagreeable to you ?" "You have touched on one of my disappointments, Miss.

While my mother lived, she was my teacher.