You’re setting yourself up in judgment on me—your own mother.

Nicky

No, I’m not.

Florence

You are—you are. Let me speak. You don’t understand my temperament in the least—nobody does—I——

Nicky

You’re deceiving yourself—your temperament’s no different from thousands of other women, but you’ve been weak and selfish and given way all along the line——

Florence

Let me speak, I tell you!——