'Do you hear?'
'Yes, I hear,' she said.
'Well?'
'Very well.'
'But it is not very well,' the elder sister said angrily. 'I want to know what you mean to do.'
The answer was given with perfect calmness.
'I mean to do precisely as I have been doing. I am not ashamed of anything I have done.'
'What? You are not ashamed? Do you mean to tell me that you will keep on meeting that man—in the public streets—making a spectacle of yourself in the streets of Glasgow—and bringing disgrace on yourself and your family?'
'You are talking like a mad woman,' Meenie said proudly.
'You will see whether I act like one. I say you shall not be allowed to misconduct yourself while you are under this roof—that I will make sure of.'