"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).
"Una ragazza, pratica dell'insegnamento, desidera collocarsi in una famiglia ove i figli abbiano meno di quattordici anni.