Mrs.Corey didn't resent this decree, but she was greatly pained at the necessity therefor.
"I don't know what to do with Hester," she said, sadly.

"The child has always been subject to those ungovernable rages.

I hope she will outgrow them.

I feel sorry for her, for it is not really her fault.

She tries to be more patient, and sometimes succeeds; then suddenly her temper breaks out at most unexpected moments." Mr.Bryant did not say what he thought; that Hester was a spoiled child, and that had her mother taught her how sinful such a temper was, she could have learned to control it, at least, to a degree.
But he said that the Maynards could not allow Hester to come to Sand Court any more, unless with the thorough understanding and agreement that Ruth was to be a member of the Sand Club, and that Marjorie was to be Queen again.