'I have got something to think of instead of talking to the people.

How would the things go, if I took to talking to the people, and left everything to that little goose, Peter?
Uncle Michel is unreasonable,--and unkind.' 'He means to do the best by you in his power.

He wants to treat you just as though you were his daughter.' 'Then let him leave me alone.

I don't want anything to be done.

If I were his daughter he would not grudge me permission to stop at home in his house.