“Has your father lost his property?” he asked, abruptly.
“No.”
“Has he disinherited you?”
“Not exactly.”
“Have you left home for good?”
“I have left home—I hope for good.”
“Have you quarreled with the governor?”
“I hardly know what to say to that. There is a difference between us.”
“He doesn’t seem like a Roman father—one who rules his family with a rod of iron.”
“No; he is quite the reverse. He hasn’t backbone enough.”