“What are you going to do with your life?”
“My dear Elinor, I expect it will be what my life does with me.”
“I hate to see you drift so aimlessly.”
“You'd equip me with a purpose, a purpose such as Wade has—to use all his friends?”
“That is very unjust.”
“I'll grant that; well, yes, I am drifting, very much so.”
“I blame you for that attitude. Are you going to compel nothing, are you always going to drift?”
“And so you think I should display more activity; but what about, my dear Elinor? Point out the direction in which duty lies.”
“But I cannot direct you, you must see for yourself.”
“I wish you would direct me.”