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Updated: May 14, 2025
"History, 'rithmatic, Latin all the languages," rolled out Fletcher in a voice that sounded like a tattoo. "I can't keep up with 'em, but they're all thar, ain't they, sonny?" "Oh, you could never say 'em off straight, grandpa," retorted the boy, with the pertness of a spoiled girl, at which, to Carraway's surprise, Fletcher fairly chuckled with delight.
"I can't count back very far," said Gwendolyn, "'cause I never have any time for 'rithmatic. I have to study my French, and my German, and my music, and my " Her father groaned. "I've traveled it, too," he admitted. She lifted her eyes then.
He stared at her directly for a moment, from under his heavy brows; but her own gaze never wavered. "How much schoolin' do you want?" he demanded, harshly. "If you please Uncle Jabez, all I can get," replied Ruth. "Ha! Readin', writin', an' mighty little 'rithmatic we called 'em 'the three R's did for me when I was a boy. The school tax they put onto me ev'ry year is something wicked.
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