She saw she was right--that this WAS the tone for her to take and the thing for her to do, the thing as to which she was probably feeling that she had in advance, in her delays and uncertainties, much exaggerated the difficulty.

The difficulty was small, and it grew smaller as her adversary continued to shrink; she was not only doing as she wanted, but had by this time effectively done it and hung it up.

All of which but deepened Maggie's sense of the sharp and simple need, now, of seeing her through to the end.

"'If' you've been mistaken, you say ?"--and the Princess but barely faltered.

"You HAVE been mistaken." Charlotte looked at her splendidly hard.