Of course I know she's the cleverest person going.

But I can't get on with her--that's all! I'm going to take up nursing--properly.

I'm making enquiries about the London Hospital.

I want to be a real Army nurse.' 'Will your father consent ?' 'Fathers can't stop their daughters from doing things--as they used to do!' said Pamela, with her chin in the air.
She had moved away from him; her soft gaiety had disappeared; he felt her all thorns.

Yet some perversity made him try to argue with her.