He then went on to explain that Hindostanee was the language he was himself at present studying; that, as he advanced, he was apt to forget the commencement; that it would assist him greatly to have a pupil with whom he might again and again go over the elements, and so fix them thoroughly in his mind; that his choice had hovered for some time between me and his sisters; but that he had fixed on me because he saw I could sit at a task the longest of the three.
La explicación consistió en manifestarme que era indostaní la lengua que él estudiaba, que solía olvidar lo que había aprendido, y que si tuviese una discípula con quien practicar los rudimentos, éstos no se le irían de la memoria, antes bien, quedarían -fijos en su mente. Agregó que me había preferido a mí por juzgarme la más apta de las tres mujeres.