"I only seem it."
"Do come, though."
"I should love to."
"Well, do. When could you come?"
"Any time. Tomorrow if you wish. I am quite independent. I have a certain amount of money, from my mother. Not much, but enough for all I want. And I am of age. I am quite free.—And I think if I went, father would marry Mary. I wish he would."
"Why?"
"Then I should be free."
"But free what for?"
"Anything. Free to breathe. Free to live. Free not to marry. I know they want to get me married. They've got their minds fixed on it. And I'm afraid they'll force me to do it, and I don't want it."
"Marry who?"