Papa's Educational Theories

‘My Dear,’ he writes the following twice over in case I have not received it first time round, ‘I plucked the strings of a violin from behind a pillar and watched how quickly the boy turned his head to the sound. Quite soon I will teach him the alphabet and wait for him to read aloud to his aging grandfather. When the good Lord sees fit, I will take your son by the hand and we shall walk up the path together and on that day I will bring him safely back to you.’ N.