Should we not best end it?
I honor your opinions, I love you, but I must go." There was a long silence.

She broke it.

"Well, my child," she said in despair, "you have reached man's estate, and the men of the Talbot race have ever been accustomed to do as their judgment dictates.

If you have decided to join Washington's rabble and take part among the rebels in this fratricidal contest, I shall say no more.

I cannot further oppose you.