Ability wasn't all a teacher needed.
"She said she must agree, and hinted that she had expected much from Agatha, but felt badly disappointed now.

She remarked that managers made searching inquiries when they engaged a teacher for young girls and thought I could understand that she felt responsible-- "Well, I'd had enough.

I said my sister was fit for a better job than the best they'd got and wouldn't bother them for a recommendation.

Then I left; thought I'd better quit before I let myself go." George paused and wiped his hot face.

"You see how I was fixed?
I could have bluffed a man into making a plain statement and then have knocked him out; but that cool, polite lady made me hate my helplessness." "You were at a disadvantage," Mrs.Farnam agreed with a smile that was half amused and half sympathetic.