Halfway to the stars

Shena thought she had fallen in love with Rob at first sight - until she met his brother Cal, whose life was spent in "the lonely places and the high hills," and who had a fixation that women were the dimmer sex. She joked, "I shall rely on my fascination to make him my slave. I'll have him grovelling at my feet. Why should he be able to resist me?" Unfortunately he heard every word!