'What does it mean?'
'It means, something like—"Struggle and come out," or "come through,"—literally, "emerge." Our English word comes from it. Colonel Gainsborough does not teach you Latin, then?'
'No,' said Esther, sighing. 'He doesn't teach me much lately, of anything.'
Dallas cast a quick look at the girl, and saw again the expression of quiet hopelessness that had moved him. He went on turning over the coins.
'Do you want to learn Latin?'
'Yes.'
'Why?'
'Why do you want to learn it, Pitt?'
'Well, you see, it is different. I must, you know. But queens are not expected to know the dead languages—not Queen Esther, at any rate.'
'Do you learn them because it is expected of you?'