"I thought you were supposed to learn geography in the third class," laughed Irene Spencer.
"She said a French school, not a Belgian one," objected Lindsay.
"Well, everybody speaks French in Brussels."
"Don't they speak Flemish?"
"Only the poor people, and even they can generally talk French as well."
"How long were you there, Mary?" put in Mildred Roper.
"Only one term. I got ill, and had to come home."
"Was it nice?"
"Oh, just tolerable!"
"Had you to talk French all the time?"