But in truth, I do not believe that the quarrelling disturbed him much, or that he paid much attention to the matter, and so the matter settled itself.

My nurses were changed very often, by will of the cook and old Peter, and I never was happy enough to have one who had very high principle, or was more than ordinarily good-tempered.
I don't know who selected my teachers; probably they applied for employment and were received.

They were very business-like and unsuggestive people.

I was of no more interest to them than a bale of goods, I believe.

Indeed, I seemed likely to go a bale of goods through life; everything that was done for me was done for money, and with a view to the benefit of the person serving me.