"What is the matter?" she asked.
"Come with me to my room, dear, and I will tell you what he means."
"I think I know what he means," she replied as soon as they were alone. "He is cross because I will not marry Allan Reid."
"Can you not manage it, Marion? He has set his heart on that marriage."
"I would rather die. You said you would stand by me."
"So I will."
"Why is Father so cruel to me?"
"Because he wants, I think, to marry Lady Cramer."
"Would you go away from Father in that case?"
"Would I not?"