"But, Mamma, that would never do."
"Yes, with your husband ... and your boy...."
"No, Mamma, it really wouldn't do."
"Yes, it would, yes, it would ... with your husband and your boy.... Then I would put up with the extra trouble."
"No, Mamma, really, it wouldn't do. Whereas Dorine...."
"No, no, I don't want Dorine. I want you."
"Why?"
"I want you. I want Addie. I want youth around me. It's all so gloomy here. Dorine.... Dorine's gloomy too.... So will you come?"
"Mamma ... really...."
"You don't want to. I see you don't want to.... You are all of you selfish.... Children always are.... Oh, why need I go on living?"