"Do you remember how I used to wash while you wiped, when we wanted to get out buggy-riding, May?"
"You were always awfully persistent in getting your own way, Van!"
"But I didn't always get it, I remember."
"It might have been just as well if you hadn't had it so much of the time since."
"Well, maybe—"
"There are a few other people in the world besides Van Harrington, and they have their rights, too."
"That's true enough, if they can get 'em."
"Maybe their consciences are a little stronger to hold them back from getting things. You never held off long when you wanted a thing, Van. You took the peaches, you remember?"