"You will do as I say," he said deliberately.

"You are to go to bed at once, and you won't come down again for the rest of the day." There was so much of finality in his speech that Olga became aware of the futility of argument.

She felt moreover totally unfit for it.

She only hazarded one more protest.
"But what about Violet ?" "She can take care of herself," he said.

"I will tell her." There was no help for it.