"Do you know why I gave you No. 14?"
"Yes, I heard what you were saying in your monologue."
"Goodness gracious! my monologue. What's that?"
"That, madame, is not a French word. It is derived from two Greek words—monos, which means alone, and logos, which signifies to speak."
"My dear child, do you know Greek at your age?"
"A little, madame. I have come to Strasbourg to learn more."
"You have come to Strasbourg to learn Greek?"
"Yes, with M. Euloge Schneider."
Madame Teutch shook her head.
"Oh, madame! he knows Greek as well as Demosthenes," said Charles, thinking that Madame Teutch doubted his future professor's knowledge.