"Yes, but think of it. Think. That man hasn't ever cared about anything or anybody but himself."
"Oh—he cares about Fanny."
"No. No, he doesn't. He cares about his wife. A very different thing."
"Well—he cares about his old mother. He really cares."
"Yes, and you know why? It's only because she makes him feel young. He hates Horry because he can't feel young when he's there."
"Why, oh why, did that angel Fanny marry him?"
"Because she isn't an angel. She's a mortal woman and she wanted a husband and children."
"Wasn't there anybody else?"
"I believe not—available. The man she ought to have married was married already."
"Did my mother marry him?"