"Will you write?"
"If Mother'll let me."
"Does she usually let you?"
"Well, she never has."
"You told me yourself that Peggy wrote to a boy. Bill's going to get her to write to him."
"I said I would if my mother will let me."
"The question is—will she?"
"If she does, I will. Aren't you satisfied?"
"No, you are just saying that to please me!"
"Don't you want to be pleased?"