"I won't stand this! I'll never ask another friend to this house as long as I live!"
"Don't talk that way to me!" Bob exclaimed. "Don't say dare to me!"
And Emily said, soothingly, "Martha, didn't I tell you not to let that man come here?"
"You did not! You told me not to appear in public with him. Is this public? We've been up in my room till just now. I pulled the blinds down as soon as we came down!"
"My God!" cried Bob. "You pulled the blinds down! You haven't any sense at all. Have those blinds been down before all summer? You're a perfect fool!"
"I'm not going to be cursed, mother." She started towards the stairs proudly.
"You took him up to your bedroom?" Bob exploded.
"It's not her bedroom, Bob," Emily was saying.
He cried, "Come here and listen to me!"
"I won't," replied Martha. "You can't talk to me in that condition. I'm going to bed."