The differences, which she had regarded as superficial, were, in reality, fundamental.

It was impossible to make him over because he was so completely himself.

He stood quite definitely for certain tendencies in democracy, and by no ingenious manipulation could she twist him about until he presented the sham appearance of moving in the opposite direction.

For the logic of her failure was perfectly simple--he couldn't see, however hard he tried, the things she wanted him to look at.

The difficulty was far deeper than a mere matter of finish, or even of education--for it was, after all, not one of manner, but of material.