I was never taught anything.' But Mr.Kane was ready for her, as he had been ready for Jim Betts.
'It's not a question of earning that I mean,' he said, 'though it's a mighty good thing to measure yourself up against the world and find out just what your cash value is, but I'm not talking about that; it's the question of getting your faculties into some sort of working order that I'm up against.

Why don't you study something systematically, something you can grind at?
Biology, if you like, or political economy, or charity organisation.

Begin at once.

Master it.' 'Would Dante do, for a beginning ?' Helen inquired, smiling rather wanly.
'I brought him down, with an Italian dictionary.

Shall I master Dante ?' 'I should feel more comfortable about you if it was political economy,' said Franklin, now smiling back.