She was fearfully snobby, which nobody of that name ought to be, and she ruled her pros.
with a rod of iron.

I expect that was good for them, and I say nothing as to that, but she was a beast to the boys.

We had some poor chaps in who were damnably knocked about, and one could do a lot for them in roundabout ways.

Regulations are made to be broken in some cases, I think.

But she was a holy terror.