"I suppose you have been to school a lot?" he asked.
"No; just completed the high school; then, not being very strong, mother thought it best not to send me to the University; but she lets me dabble a little in painting and in music."
Dorian could not keep his eyes off this girl who had already completed the high school course which he had not yet begun; besides, she had learned a lot of other things which would be beyond him to ever reach. Even though he were an ignoramus, he could bask in the light of her greater learning. She did not resent that.
"What do you study in High School!" he asked.
"Oh, a lot of things—don't you know?" She again looked up at him.
"Not exactly."
"We studied algebra and mathematics and English and English literature, and French, and a lot of other things."
"What's algebra like?"
"Oh dear, do you want me to draw it?"
"Can you draw it?"