He had hoped for a boy, but it was not to be.” “And what of the other five?” “They are all married,” she replied without bitterness. If it did, Miss Tredgold gave no sign of being offended. “ I’m surprised you don’t want to make more of your life, Miss Tredgold,” said Abel, suddenly aware that what he had said might have sounded offensive. “I see now what George Bernard Shaw meant when he said that you have to meet the English governess to discover why Britain is great.” They both laughed. Then she will be able to face those who goad her about her ancestry with knowledge, not ignorance. She must learn why Poland is a great nation and why the Poles were willing to challenge the might of Germany when alone they could never have hoped for victory. “The child should rise thirty minutes earlier each day for the next month and be taught Polish history. What would you advise me to do?” Miss Tredgold, who was still standing, she would never have dreamed of sitting in her employer’s presence unless she was with Florentyna hesitated. “Miss Tredgold, you should have been an ambassador, not a governess.
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