But it is her obstinate temper; she never would say anything she was commanded to say.' 'Then you ought to have taught her better.

She is a good-for-nothing girl, and I'll--' 'Netta, you had better leave the room,' said Rowland, opening the door, through which Netta gladly escaped.

'"Fathers, provoke not your children to wrath,"' he added, turning to his father.

'You will do nothing with her at present.

She is worked up to a spirit of resistance by too much argument, and the more you say the more obstinate she will become.' 'You are all as obstinate as mules,' said Mr Prothero; 'I can't think who you turn after.