Carrick picked up the smile. He hoped the boy would make an attentive pupil - he was obviously bright and attentive, which was half the battle in learning anything from swordplay to the lyre to horseriding.
He wrote the word 'master' underneath Hermes' name, and underlined the letter t. "If I tell you that this is a t, and is pronounced with a 'tuh' sound - not always, but often - what do you think this word says? It uses sounds that are all to be found in your name written above. Try and work it out."