They really madden me." And Elisabeth began to laugh.

"I've got a horribly strong will, you see, and if people go against it, I want them to be sent to the dentist's every morning, and to the photographer's every afternoon, for the rest of their lives.

Now Christopher is one of the worst of those; I can't make him do what I want just because I want it; he always wishes to know why I want it, and that is so silly and tiresome of him, because nine times out of ten I don't know myself." "Very trying!" "Christopher certainly has the knack of making me angrier than anybody else I ever met," said Elisabeth thoughtfully.

"I wonder why it is?
I suppose it must be because I have known him for so long.

I can't see any other reason.