I always took her for the meekest little creature imaginable." "There is a good deal more in Miss Dinah than jumps to the eye," said the Colonel.

"In fact, if you ask me, I should say she is something of a dark horse.

She is just beginning to feel her feet and she'll surprise us all one of these days by turning into a runaway colt." "Not, I do hope, while she is in my charge," said Lady Grace.
"We will hope not," agreed the Colonel.

"But all the same, I rather think that her mother will find her considerably less tame and tractable when she sees her again than she has ever been before.

Liberty, you know, is a dangerous joy for the young." "Then we must be more strict with her ourselves," said Lady Grace..