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` In short , ' he said , ` I should like to undertake her education myself until she is older , when I shall see that she has the proper finishing . She tells me she hates the district school , with Bill Peterkin and his warts -- ' ` Trying to kiss me , ' Jerry interrupted , as open-eyed and open-mouthed , she stood , with her hand on his shoulder , listening to him . ` Yes , trying to kiss you , though I do not blame him much for that , ' Arthur said , with a smile , and then continued : ` She is ambitious enough to want a governess like Ann Eliza Peterkin and my brother 's daughter , but I am better than a dozen governesses . I can teach her all the rudiments of an English education , with French and German , and Latin , too , if she likes ; and my plan is , that she come to me every day except Saturdays and Sundays -- come at ten in the morning , get her lessons and her lunch with me , and return home at four in the afternoon . Would you like it , Cherry ? ' ` Oh-h-oh ! ' was all the answer Jerry could make for a moment , but her cheeks were scarlet , and tears of joy stood in her eyes , until she glanced at Harold ; then all the brightness faded from her face , for how could she accept this great good and leave him to drudge and toil alone ?