The Schartz-Metterklume Method

Plot
When Lady Carlotta's train arrives at a station, she disembarks to kill time and, due to a diversion, misses it when it leaves. Mrs. Quabarl sees her on the platform and assumes that she must be Miss Hope, the new governess. Lady Carlotta does not correct her, and they return to the Quabarls' mansion. Lady Carlotta's forward manner takes Mr. and Mrs. Quabarl aback, and when she tells them that she will instruct their children according to the "Schartz-Metterklume method," they pretend to know what she is talking about. The next day, Mrs. Quabarl is shocked to see how Lady Carlotta is teaching the children: She has told the boys to re-enact the rape of the Sabine women by kidnapping the daughters of the lodge-keeper. Mrs. Quabarl promptly dismisses her. The eventual arrival of the genuine Miss Hope causes confusion but also relief among the Quabarls. When Lady Carlotta arrives at her destination, her hostess remarks that they delay must have been tiresome, but she says that it was not tiresome at all.

Characters
 Lady Carlotta 