Besides, I have learned to talk French well, and something of the business of a wine merchant.

I can't be taken in by having common spirit, a year or two old, passed off on me as the finest from Charente; or a common claret for a choice brand.

All that is useful, even if I do not become a wine merchant.

At any rate, it is more useful than stopping at Netherstock, where I should have learned nothing except a little more Latin and Greek." "Yes, but you may be killed, Leigh." "Well, I suppose if I had stayed at home, and got a commission in the army or a midshipman's berth in the navy, I might have been killed and, if I had my choice, I would much rather be killed in fighting against people who murder women and children, who have committed no crime whatever, than in fighting soldiers or sailors of another nation, who may be just as honest fellows as we are.'' "I cannot argue with you, Leigh; but if anything happens to you I shall blame myself, all my life." "That would be foolish," Leigh said.

"It is funny what foolish ideas women have.