You know that I expected it;--that you expected it yourself." "No;--no, no!" "Clara,--how can you tell me that ?" "Papa, I knew that she intended to leave me nothing.

She told me so when I was there in the spring." "She told you so ?" "Yes, papa.

She told me that Frederic Aylmer was to have all her property.

She explained to me everything that she meant to do, and I thought that she was right." "And why was not I told when you came home ?" "Dear papa!" "Dear papa, indeed.

What is the meaning of dear papa?
Why have I been deceived ?" "What good could I do by telling you?
You could not change it." "You have been very undutiful; and as for her, her wickedness and cruelty shock me,--shock me.