sometimes she went to her husband and complained of her step-daughter's behavior, but the father knowing that this was to be expected, took no notice of her ill-natured complaints. instead of lessening his affection for his daughter, as the woman desired, her grumblings only made him think of her the more. the woman soon saw that he began to show more concern for his lonely child than before. this did not please her at all, and she began to turn over in her mind how she could, by some means or other, drive her step-child out of the house. so crooked did the woman's heart become.