"Mother, that is ungenerous."
"She did not accept you when she had got anything."
"If I can reconcile myself to that, surely you can do so. The matter is settled now, and I think I have done the best in my power for myself and my children."
"And as for your mother, she may go and die anywhere."
"Mother, that is unfair. As long as I have a house over my head, you shall share it, if you please to do so. If it suits you to go elsewhere, I will be with you as often as may be possible. I hope, however, you will not leave us."
"That I shall certainly do."
"Then I hope you will not go far from me."
"And when is it to be?" said his mother, after a pause.
"I cannot name any day; but some time before the 10th of August."
"Before the 10th of August! Why, that is at once. Oh! John; and your father not dead a year!"