From Homer--Alas! you do not read Greek ?' She shook her head.
'And you work at German! In Heaven's name change your language forthwith! Why should you not know Greek?
You _must_ know Greek! I will give you books, I will advise you, show you the essentials to begin with.

There are still a few days before you go into Yorkshire; you can work during the holidays on lines I shall set you; you can write and tell me your--' He paused, for her face had lost its smile, and wore again that coldly respectful look which she seldom put off save in her privacy with the children.

For the last quarter of an hour he had marked in her quite another aspect; the secret meanings of her face had half uttered themselves in eye and lip.

His last words seemed to recall her to the world of fact.

She made a slight movement and closed the book on her lap.
'Greek is more than I can undertake, Mr.Athel,' she said in a quietly decided tone.