After all, I am not sure that reading or writing is necessary.Many a good woman gets married with only a cross instead of her name; it's rather a diluting of mother-wit, to my fancy; but, however we must yield to the prejudices of society, Miss Eyre, and so you may teach the child to read.' Miss Eyre listened in silence, perplexed but determined to be obedient to the directions of the doctor, whose kindness she and her family had good cause to know.She made strong tea; she helped the young men liberally in Mr Gibson's absence, as well as in his presence, and she found the way to unloosen their tongues, whenever their master was away, by talking to them on trivial subjects in her pleasant homely way.She taught Molly to read and write, but tried honestly to keep her back in every other branch of education.It was only by fighting and struggling hard, that bit by bit Molly persuaded her father to let her have French and drawing lessons.
第16章 MOLLY GIBSONS CHILDHOOD (3)（2 / 2）