"Latin!" Mrs. Carpenter exclaimed, and her cheeks too flushed slightly.
"I should enjoy it. It is likely that important business will bring me frequently into this part of the city; so I could do it as well as not."
"But it would be so much trouble—unless you are fond of teaching—"
"I am fond of teaching—when I find somebody that can learn."
"You are very kind!—I should be very glad—Poor Rotha, I have been unable to do for her what I wished—"
"I think you have done admirably, from the slight specimen I have had.
How much time can she give to study?"
"O she has time enough. She is much more idle than I like to have her."
"Then that is arranged. I am going to send you a few raw oysters, Mrs. Carpenter; and I wish you would eat them at all times of day, whenever you feel like it. I knew a very slender lady once, who grew to very ample proportions by following such a regimen. Try what they will do for you."
A grateful, silent look thanked him, and he took his departure. Rotha, who had been standing silent and cloudy, now burst forth.
"Mother!—I do not want him to teach me!"