"He always means to be good, but he is inhabited by an imp of mischief that prompts him to do the most improbable things.

He certainly doesn't make for peace in the school, but he keeps 'a body frae languor.' I like a naughty boy myself much better than a good one.

He's the 'more natural beast of the twain.'" Outside, with the freed Mhor capering before them, Pamela was enthusiastic over the little school and its mistresses.
"Miss Main looks like an old miniature, with her white hair and her delicate colouring, and is wise and kind and sensible as well; and as for that daffodil girl, Elspeth, she is a sheer delight." "Yes," Jean agreed.

"Hasn't she charming manners?
It is so good for the children to be with her.

She is so polite to them that they can't be anything but gentle and considerate in return.