He was nigh goin' into one o' his tantrums.

There's been a nice to do all afternoon to keep him quiet.

He would watch the clock all th' time." Mary's lips pinched themselves together.

She was no more used to considering other people than Colin was and she saw no reason why an ill-tempered boy should interfere with the thing she liked best.

She knew nothing about the pitifulness of people who had been ill and nervous and who did not know that they could control their tempers and need not make other people ill and nervous, too.