“Oh, yes! I had the pleasure of knowing Miss Young long before I knew you.”
“Long! how long? I was not aware that you had ever met. Where did you meet?”
“In the schoolroom, before breakfast,—full four hours before you called this morning.”
“Oh, that is all you mean! I wondered how you should know her.”
Sophia asked whether Margaret and Miss Young were not going to study together: Margaret assented. Miss Young was kind enough to promise to help her to read German.
“And you?” said Mr Enderby to Hester.
“Why, no; I am rather afraid of the undertaking.”
“And you, Miss Grey?”
“No. Mamma says, I have enough to do with my history and my music; especially while my cousins are here. I began German once, but mamma thought I was growing awry, and so I left it off. I find Mrs Rowland means Matilda to learn German.”
“We are all disposed to have my little nieces learn whatever Miss Young will be kind enough to teach them; they will gain nothing but good from her.”