So he sighed and advised her. She appreciated that he had inquired into the standing of the schools, and could tell which was the best. The tuition was expensive, but there was a scheme by which scholars might pay out of future wages.
"And so I go deeper into debt before I can begin to earn for my fifteen thousand dollars?"
"Judith," he said, "let your friends make up that sum and relieve you of all relations with Ellis."
"Mr. Pease and you?" she asked.
"And Mr. Fenno. Excuse me for telling him; he had learned something of it from Beth."
"He is very kind," said Judith. "So are you all, but the debt would remain."
"Ellis can annoy you," he reminded her.
"Then let me bear it as a punishment. It may help me to make something of myself."
"How many years," he demanded, "do you mean to keep this up?"