"A young lady accustomed to tuition" (had I not been a teacher two years?) "is desirous of meeting with a situation in a private family where the children are under fourteen (I thought that as I was barely eighteen, it would not do to undertake the guidance of pupils nearer my own age).
«Señorita joven, acostumbrada a enseñar (no me faltaba razón: ¿acaso no había ejercido de maestra durante dos años?), desea colocación en casa particular para educar niños menores de catorce años (yo pensaba que, teniendo yo dieciocho, no me respetarían mis pupilos si contaban mi edad aproximada).