And if she promised my mother she would be careful, is n't she right to keep her promise?
She 's a great deal more careful than mamma ever was, and that 's just what mamma wanted.

She would never take the trouble herself.

And then she was always scolding me.

Mrs.Vivian never scolds me.

She only watches me, but I don't mind that." "I wish she would watch you a little less and scold you a little more," said Captain Lovelock.
"I have no doubt you wish a great many horrid things," his companion rejoined, with delightful asperity.
"Ah, unfortunately I never have anything I wish!" sighed Lovelock.
"Your wishes must be comprehensive," said Bernard.