"Yes, two things."
"What are they?"
"First, I don't like to have you work so hard to support me in idleness."
"In idleness, Winnie?"
"Yes, or what is just the same thing, I mean earning nothing to support myself. I could learn some trade, and thus obtain money sufficient for all my wants, and give you some, too, if you would but let me do it."
"My brave little sis," said Wayland, drawing her to his bosom, "have I not told you that when you have acquired an education, you can become a teacher, which will surely prove an occupation more congenial to your taste, and by it you can gain an ample competence for all immediate necessities?"
"But it will take a great deal of money to procure an education," said Winnie, looking doubtfully in her brother's face.
"Not a very great deal, my prudent little sis," laughed Wayland, "and I can easily furnish you with the sum needful."
"And, when I'm a teacher, will you let me repay all you have expended on me?"
"Yes, yes, if that will put your mind at rest."