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.
Gli sarebbe dunque stato di molto aiuto d'insegnar quella lingua per ripassarne continuamente i primi elementi. Aggiunse che aveva esitato se dovesse sceglier me o le sue sorelle, ma che alfine su di me era caduta la scelta, avendo veduto che potevo star più lungamente applicata.