"I had an English governess who was with us for five years.

She drilled me thoroughly in English and mathematics.

I loathed them both, but studied them merely to show her that I could master them.

Miss Thompson said my work was good, and that if I were ambitious she would put me in the senior class, but I held out for the juniors and finally got my own way.

If you are going to take such a serious view of this gay world, however, perhaps I'll wish I had joined the seniors, after all.