I think I shall have to set apart certain hours of the day for instructive conversation with Carlotta.
I shall have to develop her mind, of which she distinctly has the rudiments.

For the rest of the day she must provide entertainment out of her own resources.

This her oriental habits of seclusion will render an easy task, for I will wager that Hamdi Effendi did not concern himself greatly as to the way in which the ladies of his harem filled up their time.

And now I come to think of it, he certainly did not allow Carlotta to sprawl about his own private and particular drawing-room.

I will not westernise her too rapidly.