“Why not?”
“I have said, on one account, because of Jamie.”
He bit his lips—“I hate that boy.”
“Then most certainly he cannot be here. He must be with those who love him.”
“Then stay.”
“I cannot—I will not. I have a will as well as you. My dear papa always said that my will was strong.”
“You are the only person who has ever dared to resist me.”
“That may be; I am daring—because you have been kind.”
“Kind to you. Yes—to you only.”
“It may be so, and because kind to me, and me only, I, and I only, presume to say No when you say Yes.”