"No, Ma'am."
"You are frank! to venture to tell me so. Why have you disobeyed me?"
"Because, Grandmother, I thought it was right."
"You think it is right to disobey, do you?"
"Yes, Ma'am, if "
"If what?"
"I mean, Grandmother, there is One I must obey even before you."
"If what?" repeated Mrs. Lindsay.
"Please do not ask me, Grandmother; I don't want to say that."
"Say it at once, Ellen."