"But I have a right to share it. No member of my family shall adopt a course which affects us all, which I have not first approved."
"You will learn all in due time."
"But what if I then refuse to give my sanction?"
"Your refusal will be too late to be of any avail."
"Then I forbid you to go on."
"I cannot obey you. I am no longer a child, but am responsible to myself alone for my actions."
"But," interposed Ödön, "you are still a son and a brother."
"As you shall soon see," answered Jenő, with significant emphasis.
The baroness took her youngest son by the hand. "You have some plan for saving our family," said she. "I can read your soul; you are an open book to me. I have studied you from your infancy. You think now to rescue us by leaving us and resuming your old connections, thus exerting an influence in our favour upon our enemies. I see that you are planning to return to the Plankenhorsts."
Jenő smiled sadly. "Do you read that in my heart?" he asked.