I obeyed and came to the table, where my governess was installed in the leather chair of my grandfather. She always used it.
"I should like to know what you are doing."
"I was thinking," I said.
"Did I give you thinking to do?"
"No, ma'am; not of that kind."
"What kind was it?"
"I was thinking, and remembering——"
"Pray what were you remembering?"
"Things at home—and other things."
"Things and things," said Miss Pinshon. "That is not a very elegant way of speaking. Let me hear how much you have learned."