"Yes, mother dear, I'm the Queen Victoria Scholar!" Nettie stood up and bowed.
"And what does that do for you?"
"Why, I can go on studying for my profession for three years, and it won't cost father a penny!"
"What profession, dear?"
"I don't know, mother, what. But I want to be a doctor."
"A what!"
"A doctor, mother. Minnie Roberts is studying for a doctor; and I think it's splendid."
"What! cut people open with a knife!"
"Yes, mother, if it's going to do them good."
"But, my dear——"