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256 "I suppose it means stubborn," said Mr. Lufton.

"No, for that is something wicked—a stubborn and rebellious son was to be killed in the Scriptures; but my father is rather dour, and Jamie and me take after him, and Allan's near hand as dour as my father."

"I suppose, then, it means not easily convinced that you are in the wrong, Miss Isabel," said Lufton, who began to ﬁnd that this young Lindsay was lively and agreeable.

"Something like that. It's not easy to get a notion into our heads, and it's far harder to drive it out of them. But the provoking about Jamie is that he never will get angry though he is so aggravating and the more I speak to him the worse he grows. Allan and Jessie are the only ones that know how to manage him, and they'll both be gone from Branxholm soon, it's likely. I wish George and Jessie would consider our father and mother a little, and not be so much taken up with his."

"It is the way of the world," said Mr. Lufton; "you'll do the very same when you are married —:just what your husband wishes."

"'No; just catch me doing that! I mean to have every bit of my own way than," said Isabel.

"Oh! it's very fine talking beforehand, but