Cannot a Beast be tamed?

“But--no--splendid is not the right word. they are splendid, but they are--they …”

“This place felt like home; not her home perhaps, but someone's home, accustomed…”

“She had had insomnia badly when she was fresh from Home.... She had had only oc…”

“Little John, watching her standing next to her brother, half-glowering in the o…”