I try, Sir. My mama taut me when I was a child, carefully she did. But I have not had practise proply writing in a long time. I was to be a proper lady whwn I was a girl

I canot tell you sir . As little time as I had to write, I had less to read. Books are so lovely. The students have them. I read some of Monsieur Mariuses once. See I do practise. I am not stupid.

[her reply takes ages: she really is trying hard with her writing.]