"I don't think it is.

Everybody has got a self to consider.

I don't look on it as ego-what-d'-you-call-it to strike out for myself instead of going on helping mother to mind the shop.

So why should you ?" "Besides, I owe a duty to my parents, don't I ?" he asked eagerly.
But here Jane took her own line.

"I can't see that you do, considering that they've done nothing for you." "They've done everything for me," he protested vehemently.