"No!"
"But I say, 'Yes!' You should hear what people are saying about you."
"What do I care what people are saying about me? It's what I think of myself that counts."
"That may be true," her sister retorted; "but it's too idealistic for this world…. Moreover, you're not consistent."
Kathryn looked up, quickly.
"What do you mean?" she demanded.
Elinor shrugged her shoulders, a little and answered:
"You're compromising. You're hedging. If he isn't good enough to live with, he isn't good to be married to."
"But," Kathryn protested. "I can't live with him, Nell! You know as well as I how impossible that is."
"Then," returned Elinor, rising, "divorce him."