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After her discussion with her father and Clayton about Tarzan, she was convinced they thought her man. Well, at least Clayton did until the man himself dropped right down into the middle of the camp. Her point proven beyond the shadow of a doubt there was only the problem of communicating, which she felt she often had more trouble trying to get Clayton to listen to her than Tarzan, but no matter! She would steam ahead and teach the jungle man proper English.
She had a theory on learning she'd been wanting to try out anyway so this presented a fantastic opportunity. Jane set about assigning words to pictures and things, and each day he learned more and more quickly. By the third day, it was a shock to her that he'd completed a sentence. Brief but still such were the foundations of science! Small steps to greater discovery.
He was so hungry to learn it astonished her, so attentive in watching how she spoke each word and reciting it back with near-perfect mimicry. Of course, there was more to understanding the lessons than simply parroting words back no matter how well they sounded in his quiet baritone, or how those intense dark eyes still held such power to...
"Heavens." Jane cleared her throat and coughed into her hand. "Terribly sorry, my attention wandered a moment. Now where were we?"
His eyes were on her again and she blinked away a blush to collect herself. "Oh yes, this is a ship. It travels on the water, it's how we came to Africa." She inserted the slide of a large ship so he could see the shape. She could show him as well, they had a spyglass somewhere, he might like to see the ship.
She had a theory on learning she'd been wanting to try out anyway so this presented a fantastic opportunity. Jane set about assigning words to pictures and things, and each day he learned more and more quickly. By the third day, it was a shock to her that he'd completed a sentence. Brief but still such were the foundations of science! Small steps to greater discovery.
He was so hungry to learn it astonished her, so attentive in watching how she spoke each word and reciting it back with near-perfect mimicry. Of course, there was more to understanding the lessons than simply parroting words back no matter how well they sounded in his quiet baritone, or how those intense dark eyes still held such power to...
"Heavens." Jane cleared her throat and coughed into her hand. "Terribly sorry, my attention wandered a moment. Now where were we?"
His eyes were on her again and she blinked away a blush to collect herself. "Oh yes, this is a ship. It travels on the water, it's how we came to Africa." She inserted the slide of a large ship so he could see the shape. She could show him as well, they had a spyglass somewhere, he might like to see the ship.
