"For what purpose? We have already a schoolmistress."
"She is old and half deaf, they say; besides she has not a good method of teaching."
"How do you know that? You have never visited the school."
"I shall go every day to the new school; I shall be superintendent."
"You understand, then, what is to be taught?"
"I suppose I know how to read and write."
"Yes, but the catechism; you are probably not acquainted with that; for you do not set a very good example to our young girls."
"How! Monsieur le Curé," exclaimed Caroline, colouring with anger and vexation; "what do you mean?"
"I mean, young lady, that you often come into church after the service has begun, and sometimes go away before it is over."