"Why shan't I?"
"You just won't."
"I shall if Aunt Matilda makes me. I'm absolutely dependent on her—and do you think I don't feel it? I want to be free. I should be much freer if I married Mr. Blessington. I'm tired of being as I am."
"What would you really like to do?"
She was silent for a time. Then she answered:
"I should like to live on a farm."
"Marry Tom," he said maliciously.
"Why are you so horrid?" she said, in hurt surprise.
He was silent for a time.
"Anyhow you won't marry Boyd Blessington."