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Miss Honey

Don't sneer at educated people, Mr. Wormwood. If you became ill, heaven forbid, your doctor would be a college graduate.

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Our interpretation.

Miss Honey rebukes Mr. Wormwood for sneering at educated people. Her point is practical: if he ever fell ill, he'd be relying on a doctor with a college degree. It's a dry reminder that he depends on the very learning he mocks.

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