She is very kind, and I am sure she will take to you very much, and will be very glad that I have brought you to Tripataly; for, you see, she has no girls of her own.

She will teach you to read and write, and if we go back to England, I dare say you will go to school for a time, so as to learn things like other girls." "I can work very nicely," she said.

"The ladies of the harem all used to say that." "Well, you will find that very useful, no doubt." "And what else is there to learn ?" she asked.
"No end of things, Annie--at least, there are no end of things for boys to learn.

I do not know anything about girls.

But, of course, you will have to get to know something of history and geography." "What is geography, Dick ?" "Well, geography is where countries and places are.