Ellie nodded at Christine's instructions. She was so helpful and pretty too. Sitting across from her employer Ellie had a chance to study her good looks, poise, and etiquette. "U..ni...ver..sal..ly..." she sounded out each letter of the word she did not use very much.

"Universally" oh she recognised that word. "It is a truth universally ack..now..led..ge, acknowledged." Ellie restarted the sentence to get practice. When she reached a word she thought she knew but had trouble with, she sounded it out, just like she had been shown. She was pretty good with sounding out her letters.

"that a single man in pos..ses..si..on, pos..ses..sion, oh possession.. of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." Such a posh sentence sounded funny to Ellie's ears.

"Is that true?" Ellie asked looking up from the book.