"Would I be any crazier than you, when you wanted to go?" asked
Kate.

"But you were here to help Mother," said Nancy Ellen.

"And you are here to help her now," persisted Kate.

"But I've got to fix up my clothes for the County Institute," said
Nancy Ellen, "I'll be gone most of the summer."

"I have just as much right to go as you had," said Kate.

"Father and Mother both say you shall not go," answered her
sister.

"I suppose there is no use to remind you that I did all in my
power to help you to your chance."

"You did no more than you should have done," said Nancy Ellen.

"And this is no more than you should do for me, in the
circumstances," said Kate.

"You very well know I can't! Father and Mother would turn me out
of the house," said Nancy Ellen.

"I'd be only too glad if they would turn me out," said Kate. "You
can let me have the money if you like. Mother wouldn't do
anything but talk; and Father would not strike you, or make you
go, he always favours you."