She had schooling enough for me, God knows, in her tender and faithful heart; but she is as obstinate as any creature ever was when she thinks a thing is right.

So I have to wait, very much against my will, while the nuns make a lady of Nora.

It is her own phrase.

I have assured her that she is a better lady than most ladies I have known, and that I am not a gentleman.

But she would banish me and try my patience." "Meaning---- ?" "Meaning--that she will marry me when she has acquired the thing she desires.