They might send you back to England, but I cannot say what would become of you there; but we have agreed that, when you do join them, you must be like other young English gentlemen, and not be looked down upon as one who, though he has a white skin, is but a Mahratta peasant.
"In the first place, you must learn to speak English." "But I do speak English!" Harry said, in surprise.
"Yes, such English as I do; but that is not as the white sahibs speak it.

We who have learned it speak the right word, but not in the right way.

I have seen young white ladies, when they first came out here, and came to the house of your mother, sometimes smile and scarcely understand what I said to them.

It is not like that that you must talk English--good enough for an ayah, not good enough for a sahib--so we have decided, Sufder, Ramdass and I, that you must go down to Bombay, and learn to talk proper English.
"We have thought much how this shall be done, and have settled that our thinking, here, is no good.

I must wait till I get to Bombay, where I can get advice from people I know." "Will you stay there with me, Soyera ?" "I cannot say what will be best," she answered, gravely; "I must wait till I get there.