"Oh, yes, she was there, wasn't she? Well, you won't be there when I am,
I'm afraid; we'll just miss it by a year."
"I don't suppose I shall go at all."
"Why not?"
"Oh, lots of reasons. We're poor, you know."
"Then try for a scholarship."
"I'd probably fail if I did."
"Why on earth should you fail; you're very clever, aren't you?"
She began to laugh. "I don't know if I'm what you would call clever; you
see you think yourself clever, and I'm not a bit like you. I like
working, though, so perhaps I'd get through."
Elizabeth, coming towards them across the lawn, heard the laugh and
blessed Richard.