"So do I. I'd give anything not to."
"But why do you go, then?"
"Because I am always made to do what I don't want to do."
Quin, who had decided views on individual freedom and the consent of the governed, promptly espoused her cause.
"They've got no right to force you. You ought to decide things for yourself."
"Do you really think that? Do you think a girl has the right to go ahead and do as she likes, regardless of her family?"
"That depends on whether she wants to do the right thing. Which way do we turn?"
"This way, if we go home," said Eleanor. Then she stopped abruptly. "What time is it?"
Quin consulted his watch and his conscience at the same time.
"It's only five-thirty," he said eagerly.