Josephine had been recommended to her by the mayor of the village as a good and dutiful girl who would be useful to her in the household.

But anyway, the dutiful girl returned to the "severe" pamphleteer and gave Milton four children, a son and three daughters ...

Who was Kevin, making his way through the court ladies, then galloping off with the Prince, to tell her to sit tight like a dutiful little girl?

Farzana is reserved and dutiful girl, whereas her sister Shabana is a lively, enthusiastic and bubbly type.

Originally a shy, dutiful and sad young girl, her meeting with Yomi after her mother's death changed her life.

This causes the dutiful girl more pain if anything, creating a longing for something she will not let herself have.

Perhaps after all she was a good, dutiful girl, he thought; he did not want to be unreasonable.

"She is a very dutiful and affectionate girl," she commented.

Alcott had studied Chinese culture, but the story has the ambience familiar to readers of "Little Women," of sweet, dutiful girls who in the end always do the right thing.