"Don't, Bobsie!" Lena May protested. "Even if Gwen is selfish, maybe we are to blame. She was ill for so long after Mother died that we couldn't bear the thought of having two deaths, and so we rather spoiled her. I believe that if we meet her contrariness with love and are very patient we may find the gold that must be in her nature, since she _is_ our mother's child."