You are a woman now, with a soul of your own; tell me you know that to take this necklace and to keep it secretly was a terrible sin.' 'Indeed'-- with candour--'I do not think anything of the sort.

I think it is wicked of you to slander mamma in that way.

And if you want to know what I think'-- with temper now--'I think it was most unkind of you to give away my ring.

After it had been given to me on such an occasion, too, it was priceless to us, but we could easily have paid that vulgar man all it was worth to him.' 'I will not argue with you.

I perceive now that that would do no good.' There was a heart-broken tone in his voice that frightened Violetta.