"Well, but about your other accomplishments. You do not know anything of French, I suppose?"
"Yes, I do, Sir."
"Where did you get that?"
"An old Swiss lady in the mountains taught me."
"Country riding and Swiss French," muttered her uncle. "Did she teach you to speak it?"
"Yes, Sir."
Mr. Lindsay and his mother exchanged glances, which Ellen interpreted, "Worse and worse."
"One thing at least can be mended," observed Mr. Lindsay. "She shall go to De Courcy's riding-school as soon as we get to Edinburgh."
"Indeed, uncle, I don't think that will be necessary."
"Who taught you to ride, Ellen?" asked Lady Keith.