The daughter, the last month off on a road trip with tree-planter buddies to Quebec, Montreal, the Gaspé Peninsula, she had a wonderful time. She's passing through Nelson on her way back to Nanaimo. And she's wondering why she didn't make the impression that she makes here, and I'm explaining to her the benefits of a classical education, why it's important to be able to recognize a 100 different artists, Renoir, Chagall, etc, why she needs to read more, why - in a fine French restaurant her anglicized pronunciation of "Fois Gras" and "Cote Du Rhone" might raise some eyebrows, what the label of a bottle of wine tells you, the properties of grapes, varietals, regions, why they like to see wine in a wine glass and not a beer mug (and why "Yum Yum" is not an approved adjective to describe a wine), how to taste, etc, etc.
Finally she’s realizing that all the time spent amongst the infidels with her mom did not prepare her for the world she wants to be a part of and maybe more Pa would have been good in her diet..