The Professor Chapter XI

In which the young Englishman finds himself the subject of a shrewd and somewhat playful scrutiny by his enigmatic director, who muses on the characters of the ladies in their small society with a knowing air. Amid the warm comfort of the parlour, discourse ranges from delicate observations of feminine traits to the subtleties of youthful coquetry, all framed by the ever-watchful eye of the establishment’s overseer.