This, Florence, who was sitting close by him, perceived instantly, and said-- "Well, I can tell you, for one, Pa, that I don't wish to go.

I'd rather stay at home a hundred times." "It's no particular difference, I presume, what you like," remarked Emily, ill-naturedly.

"If you don't wish to go, I suppose no one will quarrel with you for staying at home." "You are wrong to talk so, Emily," said Mr.Ludlow, calmly but firmly, "and I cannot permit such remarks in my presence." Emily looked rebuked, and Mr.Ludlow proceeded.
"As to going to London, that is altogether out of the question.

The reasons why it is so, are various, and I cannot now make you acquainted with all of them.

One is, that I cannot leave my business so long as such a journey would require.