26th March

Mr. D.-L.-L. Smith,

SIR: You never answer any questions; you never show the slightest
interest in anything I do. You are probably the horridest one of
all those horrid¹ Trustees, and the reason you are educating me is,
not because you care a bit about me, but from a sense of Duty.

I don't know a single thing about you. I don't even know your name.
It is very uninspiring writing to a Thing. I haven't a doubt but that
you throw my letters into the waste-basket without reading them.
Hereafter I shall write only about work.

My re-examinations in Latin² and geometry³ came last week. I passed
them both and am now free from conditions.
Yours truly,
Jerusha Abbott

1 horrid   

adj.可怕的；令人惊恐的；恐怖的；极讨厌的

参考例句：

• I'm not going to the horrid dinner party.我不打算去参加这次讨厌的宴会。
• The medicine is horrid and she couldn't get it down.这种药很难吃，她咽不下去。

2 Latin   

adj.拉丁的，拉丁语的，拉丁人的；n.拉丁语

参考例句：

• She learned Latin without a master.她无师自通学会了拉丁语。
• Please use only Latin characters.请仅使用拉丁文字符。

3 geometry   

n.几何，几何学

参考例句：

• The boy puzzled his way through geometry.那男孩煞费苦心地钻研几何学。
• The students are learning solid geometry.这些学生正在学习立体几何学。