"No, don't. Why should you? You're always putting her on us and clearing out yourself!"
"I? But I have nothing to do with her!"
"She's your daughter-in-law."
"I dare say, but I can't help that."
"Yes, you can."
"How do you mean? How can I help it?"
"Why, if you had stopped Addie at the time ... had forbidden it ... as his father."
"You young baggage! Do you imagine that I can forbid Addie anything? I've never been able to prevent his doing a thing. He's always done what he wanted to, from the time when he was a child."
"You can help it."
"Can I? Well, whether I can help it or not ... I'm going upstairs."