Do you know anything at all ?" '"Very little.

I once had a term's lessons at Kingston." '"Very well, then," I went on, enjoying this little comedy of a neglected education; "get a French maid, a French master, and a novel: I will provide you with _Consuelo_ and a translation to-morrow." '"As for the French maid," she answered dubiously, shaking her head, "I don't know.

I expect my old black woman that I brought with me from Jamaica would ill-treat her--perhaps murder her.

But the master can be managed and the novel.

Will none of you laugh at me if you see me trailing a French grammar about ?" 'And so she has actually begun to-day.