“Of course I will,” she answered, “and you must be equally truthful if I am too stupid, in which case you can find me another teacher.”
They started at once because Rex felt that Quenella was eager to get going and he soon found that she had not been boasting when she had said that she was quick to learn languages.
He discovered to his surprise that she could speak Russian as well as the more commonplace European languages.
“I always hoped one day to visit the country of my great-grandmother,” Quenella explained, “and, as Papa was always busy when we were travelling, I found teachers for myself and directed my own education.”
She gave a faint smile as she added,
“I am afraid that in consequence there are lamentable gaps in my knowledge, because I concentrated only on the subjects – th
