Mehalah took no notice of the insult. She looked hard at Admonition, and said gravely, 'You will shelter and care for my mother, on condition that I never go near her.'
'Yes.'
'I may never see her, never speak to her, never kiss her again.'
'No, I could not suffer you to enter my respectable house.'
'Not even if she were dying?'
'My character would not allow of it. The respectability of my house must be maintained.'
Mehalah thought for awhile.
'I cannot make up my mind at once,' she said.
'It will be a great relief to you to get rid of your mother.'
'Yes, immeasurable.'