Posted by John Wilson on November 16, 2006 at 08:24:24 from 202.154.138.209 user hugo.
In Reply to: Roger & John (was broken rule/Coddling children) posted by Elizabeth on November 16, 2006 at 04:08:07:
In ML Chapter 16, Titty says that “John doesn’t really need Latin. You just try him in mathematics” because he is going into the Navy, like Father, who “was stationed at Hong Kong”. Then Miss Lee says “Better no one should know” (ie the counsellor or Wu). “If he knew you were with Miss Lee, he would come with gunboats and spoil my father’s business”.
John knows the Greek alphabet because it is needed for mathematics (ML again).
Somewhere (?) John’s holiday task is Algebra; Titty’s is French (French verbs in SD), Roger does not have one, and Susan’s is ??