"Yes, Kitty, I have more to say and the time is very brief.  If you win the Scholarship, well and good.  You will be well educated, and my mind will be relieved of an untold load of care.  But, of course, darling, there is a possibility of your failing, for the Scholarship is an open one, and there are other girls in the school, perhaps as clever, as determined, as full of zeal as you, my Kitty."