Then she took up her own.

"Well, I think what you've done is exactly the thing to make Frank more obstinate than ever.

You see, I know him very well.

Now, if you'd only laughed at him and patted his head, so to speak, from the beginning, and told him you thought it an excellent thing for a boy of his character, who wants looking after--" Lord Talgarth glared at her.

He was still breathing rather heavily, and was making something of a noise over his soup.
"But how can I say that, when I think--" "Oh! you can't say it now, of course; it's too late.