"You intend to respect your father's wishes?"

"It depends upon what you mean by respecting them. I do justice to
the feelings by which they were dictated."

"What do you mean by justice?" the old lady retorted.

The girl was silent a moment; then she said: "You'll see my idea of
it."

"I see it already! You'll go and live with her."

"I shall talk the situation over with her to-morrow and tell her that
I think that will be best."

"Best for her, no doubt!"

"What's best for her is best for me."

"And for your brother and sister?" As the girl made no reply to this
her grandmother went on: "What's best for them is that you should
acknowledge some responsibility in regard to them and, considering
how young they are, try and do something for them."

"They must do as I've done--they must act for themselves. They have
their means now, and they're free."

"Free? They're mere children."

"Let me remind you that Eric is older than I."