"Schoolmaster Shaw appears to enjoy a level of literacy that poor Iains can only dream of (and that's not even bragging). Observe, Nigel:

"Sadly some adults can also be a naif."

Observe Idiot,

Naif a less common word for naive. adj. 1590s, from French naif, literally "naive". As a noun, first attested 1893, from French, where Old French naif also meant "native inhabitant; simpleton, natural fool."

So tell me shaw, you pretentious little fellow, which one are you?
a simpleton? or natural fool?"