The Frenchman was
fluent about "les moeurs Am?ricaines." Elizabeth Eliza supposed
he alluded to their not having set any table. The Turk smiled, the
Russian was voluble. In the midst of the clang of the different
languages, just as Mr. Peterkin was again repeating, under cover
of the noise of many tongues, "How shall we make them
understand that we want them to teach?"at this very moment the
door was flung open, and there came in the lady from
Philadelphia, that day arrived, her first call of the season!
She started back in terror at the tumult of so many different
languages! The family, with joy, rushed to meet her. All together
they called upon her to explain for them. Could she help them?
Could she tell the foreigners they wanted to take lessons?
Lessons? They had no sooner uttered the word than their guests all
started up with faces beaming with joy. It was the one English
word they all knew! They had come to Boston to give lessons!
The Russian traveller had hoped to learn English in this way. The
thought pleased them more than the d?je?ner.
Yes, gladly would they give lessons. The Turk smiled at the idea.
The first step was taken. The teachers knew they were expected to
teach
MODERN IMPROVEMENTS AT THE PETERKINS'.
AGAMEMNON felt that it became necessary for him to choose a
profession. It was important on account of the little boys. If he
should make a trial of several different professions he could find
out which would be the most likely to be successful, and it would
then be easy to bring up the little boys in the right direction.
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