I was, first of all, to give you as good an education as I could afford; I was to keep you as much as possible separated from companions who might not be thought afterward fit to be the friends of a young lady.

You have as good an education as Lala Roy and I could devise between us.

From him you have learned mathematics, so as to steady your mind and make you exact; and you have learned the science of heraldry from me, so that you may at once step into your own place in the polite world, where, no doubt, it is a familiar and a necessary study.

You have also learned music, because that is an accomplishment which every one should possess.

What more can any girl want for any station?
My dear, I am happy to think that a gentleman is your lover.