In this chapter, the Governess tells Little Em'ly that she wishes she were 18 years old and that she could become his wife. The Governess says that she's too self-confident to be scared of her own self-control, so she tells her son that he should eat first and then he'll eat her. The little boy says that he'd rather eat a bitter gourd than a melon, which is what he's been eating all this time.
In this chapter, the Governess tells Little Em'ly that she wishes she were 18 years old and that she could become his wife. The Governess says that she's too self-confident to be scared of her own self-control, so she tells her son that he should eat first and then he'll eat her. The little boy says that he'd rather eat a bitter gourd than a melon, which is what he's been eating all this time.