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"And what kind of gift does a Rothschild daughter get? Constance, Sir Anthony's older one, had a passion for teaching. Daddy gave her - a school. Constance was approaching sweet sixteen when, as she wrote in her journal, "...my father asked me what I should like to have for a birthday present. I boldly answered 'an infants' school.' My request was granted and I was allowed to lay the first stone of the new building."