I am trying to do so again.

Let us talk like men.

She has neither father, mother, sister, or brother.

Are you seeking to give her an equivalent for these ?" The man with the glazed hat examined the point of his cue, and then looked around for somebody to enjoy the joke with him.
"I know that she is a strange, willful girl," continued the master, "but she is better than she was.

I believe that I have some influence over her still.