frances trebell. There were no text books on the subject.
mrs. farrant. [Smiling at her friend.] Yes, Fanny . . I think you escaped to look after your brother only just in time.
frances trebell. In another year I might have been head-mistress, which commits you to approve of the system for ever.
lady davenport. [Shaking her wise head.] I've watched the Education fever take England . . .
frances trebell. If I hadn't stopped teaching things I didn't understand . . !
amy o'connell. [Not without mischief.] And what was the effect on the pupils?
lucy davenport. I can tell you that.
amy o'connell. Frances never taught you.
lucy davenport. No, I wish she had. But I was at her sort of a school before I went to Newnham. I know.
frances trebell. [Very distastefully.] Up-to-date, it was described as.