I won't let people see me and talk me over." "Why ?" Mary asked again, feeling more mystified every moment.
"Because I am like this always, ill and having to lie down.

My father won't let people talk me over either.

The servants are not allowed to speak about me.

If I live I may be a hunchback, but I shan't live.

My father hates to think I may be like him." "Oh, what a queer house this is!" Mary said.