"I could not--perhaps it is not fitting--perhaps I could not bear myself as I should.

I would try to show myself a gentlewoman and seemly.

I--I _am_ a gentlewoman, though I have learned so little.

I could not be aught but a gentlewoman, could I, sister, being of your own blood and my parents' child ?" half afraid to presume even this much.
"No," said Clorinda.

"Do not be a fool, Anne, and carry yourself too humbly before the world.