This was one night, and she went the next, before her temper had time to cool.

You know she was a little hasty herself at times." "Perhaps so, though her temper never troubled me any.

On the whole, I think her temper amiable and mild in disposition as people generally are," Mrs.Van Buren replied, forgetting, or choosing to forget, the many occasions on which even she had shrunk from the fire which blazed in Ethie's eyes when that young lady was fully roused.
But Aunt Barbara had either more conscience or a better memory, and in a manner half apologetic for her interference, she said: "Yes, Sophia, Richard is right.

Ethie had a temper--at least she was very decided.
Don't you remember when she broke the cut glass fruit dish, because she could not have any more pineapple ?" "Barbara!" Mrs.Dr.Van Buren exclaimed, her voice indicating her surprise that her sister should so far forget herself as to reveal any secrets of the family, and especially any which could be brought to bear upon Ethelyn.
Aunt Barbara felt the implied rebuke, and while her sweet, old face crimsoned with mortification, she said: "Truth is truth, Sophia.

Ethie is as dear to me as to you, but she was high-tempered, and did break the big fruit bowl, and then denied herself sweetmeats of all kinds, and even went without sugar in her coffee and butter on her bread until she had saved enough to buy another in its place.