I did not marry your mother and sister, nor yet buy them with the place.

Your mother has her recognized rights in the estate, and she has a dower-house to which to retire; and the sooner she goes there now, the better.

You may tell her I say so." "You may as well tell her yourself, Julius." "Do you wish me to be insulted by your sister Charlotte again?
It is too bad to put me in such a position.

I cannot punish two women, even for such shameful innuendos as I had to take when she sat at the head of the table.

You ought to reflect, too, that the rooms they occupy are the best rooms in the house,--the master's rooms.