Rupert and I both are agreed about it, but we cannot get her to change her mind.

She can be very determined." Yes--Olva, remembering her as she sat so sternly before the fire, knew that she could be determined.
"And I am afraid that your brother isn't very well either." She looked at him with troubled eyes.

"I am distressed about Rupert.

He has taken this death of his friend so terribly to heart.

I have never known him morbid about anything before.