qu ets , ▁Mart i ▁enjoyed ▁social izing ▁with ▁students ▁and ▁seemed ▁to ▁rel ish ▁her ▁reputation . ▁She ▁kept ▁a ▁ 1 9 2 0 - v int age ▁copy ▁of ▁F ow ler ' s ▁Modern ▁English ▁Us age ▁open ▁on ▁a ▁book ▁stand ▁in ▁her ▁office ▁to ▁sett le ▁any ▁questions ▁of ▁proper ▁language ▁on ▁the ▁spot , ▁although ▁she ▁denied ▁being ▁a ▁pur ist , ▁protest ing ▁that ▁" one ▁shouldn ' t ▁pret end ▁to ▁speak ▁' bet ter ' ▁English ▁than ▁one ' s ▁neighb ors , ▁only ▁English ▁as ▁good ▁as ▁their s ." ▁( She ▁could ▁put ▁invert ed ▁comm as ▁on ▁a ▁word ▁simply ▁by ▁en unci ating ▁it .) ▁After ▁rid icul ing ▁one ▁young ▁man ▁from ▁the ▁South ▁for ▁pron oun cing ▁" ten ▁c ents " ▁like ▁" t in ▁c ints ", ▁she ▁suggested ▁he ▁carry ▁a ▁dictionary ▁in ▁his ▁back ▁pocket ▁at ▁all ▁times ▁and ▁never ▁be ▁guilty ▁again ▁of ▁sp elling ▁any ▁word ▁as ▁it ▁sounds . ▁ ▁In ▁her ▁eight ies ▁she ▁was ▁m ug ged ▁on ▁the ▁streets ▁of ▁Paris . ▁The ▁th ief ▁tried ▁to ▁sn atch ▁her ▁pur se , ▁which ▁contained ▁nothing ▁of ▁value . ▁It ▁was ▁reported ▁she ▁bit ▁off ▁his ▁thumb . ▁ ▁She ▁delight ed ▁in ▁teaching ▁Begin ning ▁Latin ▁classes , ▁which ▁she ▁called ▁" B aby ▁Latin ", ▁and ▁made ▁the ▁students ▁translate , ▁parse , ▁conjug ate ▁and ▁decl ine ▁out ▁loud ▁in ▁turns ▁around ▁the ▁room