But she could not help wondering why these people were trying to force the boys to live together.
"I do not really understand why the boys should have to live together," she said with animation; "they do not profess to feel much friendship for each other, and never seek each other out.

You yourself, Mrs.Knippel, do not seem to get a very good impression from my children's ways.

I do not see why you wish your sons to live with mine at all." "It is a matter of decorum," the attorney's wife replied, "and my husband agrees with me.

What would people in town say if the sons of the two best families here, who have always studied together, should not live together?
Everybody would think that something special had happened between the families.

Both parties will only gain in respect by joining." "I do not believe that people in the city will be interested in what the three boys are doing," said Mrs.Maxa, smiling a little.
That same moment the door was flung wide open.