"Clarissa—Clarissa!—You will not—"
"Have I not asked you to leave me and my baby alone? If you come one step nearer—"
"But, Clarissa, you are making yourself ill. I cannot leave you in this way."
"I cannot breathe the same air with you. My children appear serpents to me! You are the serpent. If you do not leave this room at once, my child and I will."
"Calm yourself."
"Not while you are here. I have all the strength of a lioness battling for her young. Openly or secretly, you can never control or mesmerize a child of mine. Try it, if you think you are stronger than I. You have taunted me with negativeness. Words are easily spoken. I ask you to substantiate that claim. Negatives, as I understand it, cannot look a hypnotist in the eye without quailing. We will see who has the stronger power, you or I. I am looking at you fixedly. Why do you not influence me? You who are so proud of your power, ought not to falter when only confronted by a sick woman."
"Clarissa, you will really make yourself ill. I did—"
"Do not talk to me.—Your presence is unbearable. Go by yourself; put your mind upon me and my darlings, but never thrust—"
"I will not listen. You will not banish me again?"
"So long as Eternity lasts, may I never—"