My father may say what he pleases; I can't leave these two persecuted women without a friend.

Suppose the legal decision goes against the widow?
How do I know that judgment has not been pronounced already?
The suspense is intolerable.

Do you mean to tell me I am bound to obey my father, when his conduct is neither just nor reasonable ?" "Gently, Fritz--gently!" "I tell you, David, I can prove what I say.

Just listen to this.

My father has never even seen Minna's mother; he blindly believes the scandals afloat about her--he denies that any woman can be generally disliked and distrusted among her neighbors without some good reason for it.