He drew a sigh, and began.
"About books now.

What have you read?
Just Shakespeare and the Bible ?" "I haven't read many classics," Rachel stated.

She was slightly annoyed by his jaunty and rather unnatural manner, while his masculine acquirements induced her to take a very modest view of her own power.
"D'you mean to tell me you've reached the age of twenty-four without reading Gibbon ?" he demanded.
"Yes, I have," she answered.
"Mon Dieu!" he exclaimed, throwing out his hands.

"You must begin to-morrow.

I shall send you my copy.