"Certainly, I will try to help him; for your sake rather than for his own. If I can help him with money, by paying his debts and giving him means to live, I will do so."
"Papa, that is not what I mean."
"What else can I do?"
"Save him from the evil of his ways."
"I will try. I would,—if I knew how,—even if only for the name's sake."
"For my sake also, Papa. Papa, let us do it together; you and I and Mamma. Let him come here."
"It is impossible."
"Let him come here," she said, as though disregarding his refusal. "You need not be afraid of me. I know how much there is to do that will be very hard in doing before any,—any other arrangement can be talked about."
"I am not afraid of you, my child."
"Let him come, then."