"You are asking too much of mother."
"
You said you would stand by me in this matter."
"I thought you would behave with some consideration for others. Is it right for you to expect mother to take an entire stranger into her home, a girl for whom she had no liking? Why should mother do this?"
"Because I love the girl."
"You are shamelessly selfish, and a girl who could make a mother's love for you a pretext for entering Hatton Hall as her right is not a nice girl."
"Lucy has done nothing of the kind. She is satisfied in the hotel. Do you want me to stay at the hotel?"
"I should feel very much hurt if you did."
"But I shall stay where my wife stays."
"You had better go and see mother. What she does I will second."