It must have taken them all day to get from their place to Chicago." "If she had been at the Willings' where we supposed she was she would have, got the message.

And her mother had written--twice!" "I still think it would be a serious mistake in all the circumstances for you to go up there in a spirit of resentment to bring Marian home.
It's not exactly my business, Mr.Bassett.But I'm thinking of Marian; and you could hardly keep from Mrs.Bassett the fact that you went for Marian.

It would be sure to distress her." "Marian needs curbing; she's got to understand that she can't go gallivanting over the country with strangers, getting her name in the newspapers.

I'm not going to have it; I'm going to stop her nonsense!" His voice had risen with his anger.

Sylvia saw that nothing was to be gained by argument.
"The main thing is to bring Marian home, isn't it, Mr.Bassett ?" "Most certainly.