Why are you goin' to marry him ?" "Why because I choose, I suppose." "Um-hm.

Are you sure of that ?" "Am I sure ?" indignantly.

"What do you mean ?" "I mean are you sure that it's because you choose, or because _he_ does, or maybe, because his mother does ?" She turned angrily away.

"If you came here to insult me--" she began.

He interrupted her.
"No, no," he protested gently.