In order to play tunes indifferently well on the piano she undergoes the weary training of many years; but she is called upon to display the somewhat more important accomplishment of bringing children into the world without an hour's educational preparation.

The difficulty is, where to draw the line between this dewy, but often disastrous, ignorance and Carlotta's knowledge.

I find it a most delicate and embarrassing problem.

In fact, the problems connected with this young woman seem endless.

Yet they do not disturb me as much as I had anticipated.