"Yes, Miss Prunes and Prisms, I am going, I don't care what you say.

I have made up my mind to have my fortune told by the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter, that was born on the banks of the Nile, and all the king's horses and all the king's men can't make me change it again.

It is foolish of Cousin Elizabeth to be so particular, and I am going to do as I please.

I always do at home, no matter what papa says.

I've never had to mind anybody all my life, and I'll certainly not begin it now that I am in my teens.