14/21 She is resolute and impetuous, clever and domineering; she is not one of those model women who want a man to look up to, and to protect them--her beau-ideal (though she may not think it herself) is a man she can henpeck. Well! one comfort is, there are far better men, even of that sort, to be had than Frank. It's a mercy he is going away, before we have more trouble with them, and before any serious mischief is done." "Poor Frank!" said Mrs.Vanstone, smiling compassionately. "We have known him since he was in jackets, and Magdalen in short frocks. |