Alice and Virginia were afraid of having me trained for a school; you remember that one of our sisters who went through it died of overwork.

And I'm not clever, Miss Nunn.

I never did much at school.' Rhoda regarded her, smiling gently.
'You have no inclination to study now ?' 'I'm afraid not,' replied the other, looking away.

'Certainly I should like to be better educated, but I don't think I could study seriously, to earn my living by it.

The time for that has gone by.' 'Perhaps so.