She took her own way about some things against Colonel St.John, and even against Mr.Grainger, but she turned out to be right in the end.

She had a good many people dependent in one way or another upon her for their well-being, and she insisted on coming face to face with these--on dealing with them without an intermediary.
And she made no mistakes.

She could see through shifty dishonesty as well as if she had had three times her years and a wide knowledge of the seamy side of human nature.

She had always been an outdoor girl, and now she displayed a knowledgeable interest in her own Home Farm and in the affairs of her tenants.
She used to say that the days were not long enough for all she had to do.

Certainly, she contrived to cram into them three times as much pleasure, business, and philanthropy as her neighbours.
She had an idea of the obligations of her position as lady of the soil which made poor Colonel St.John gasp when she talked about it.