"Read! He'll never read. He can make all the letters separately, and he knows most of them separately when he sees them; he has got on that much, under me; but he can't put them together. He's too old to acquire the knack of it now--and too drunk."

"Read! He'll never read. He knows most of the letters separately, but he can't put them together. He's too old to acquire the knack now - and too drunk."
