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She is quite
in earnest. She can take the bit between her teeth as well as another,
though she does look so mild and gentle. She's a Stanbury all over.'
'And must this be the last of it, Miss Stanbury?'
'Upon my word, I don't know what else you can do unless you send the
Dean and Chapter to talk er over. She's a pig-headed, foolish young
woman but I can't help that. The truth is, you didn't make enough of
her at first, Mr Gibson. You thought the plum would tumble into your
mouth.'
This did seem cruel to the poor man. From the first day in which the
project had been opened to him by Miss Stanbury, he had yielded a ready
acquiescence in spite of those ties which he had at Heavitree and had
done his very best to fall into her views. 'I don't think that is at
all fair, Miss Stanbury,' he said, with some tone of wrath in his
voice.
'It's true quite true. You always treated her as though she were
something beneath you.' Mr Gibson stood speechless, with his mouth
open.'so you did. I saw it all. And now she's had spirit enough to
resent it.


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