"Mon Dieu, mother! how can you say such things? It is incredible."
"René, do you really mean to disobey me?"
"I hope not to have to do so."
"If you persist, you will have to. I shall never consent, never."
"Then, mother,—and you force me to say it,—whether you agree to it or not, I marry Margaret. You were hard to her and cruel."
"No; I was only just and wise."
"I do not see it; but rest assured that neither man nor woman shall part us. Oh, I have too much of you in me to be controlled in a matter where both love and honor are concerned."
"Then you mean to make this mésalliance against my will."
"I mean, and that soon, to marry the woman I think worthy of any man's love and respect."