And Ida, too, must be married within the next few months.

Now, what I want to know is what I am to do when my two little companions run away from me." He spoke lightly, but his eyes were grave as he looked questioningly at his daughter.
"Dear papa, you shall not be alone.

It will be years before Harold and I think of marrying, and when we do you must come and live with us." "No, no, dear.

I know that you mean what you say, but I have seen something of the world, and I know that such arrangements never answer.
There cannot be two masters in a house, and yet at my age my freedom is very necessary to me." "But you would be completely free." "No, dear, you cannot be that if you are a guest in another man's house.
Can you suggest no other alternative ?" "That we remain with you." "No, no.

That is out of the question.