It was as if her will had suddenly been born, and the first act of that will was to decide to go with the man she loved.

How could she have doubted for an instant?
It was so simple, and no opposition would or could mean anything to her.

She was not in the least angry; on the contrary, she felt extremely pitiful, as if she were saying good-by to some one who did not know she was going away, as if in a sense she had now parted from her mother forever.

Tears came into her eyes.
"Ah, Mama!" she said like a sigh.
Mrs.Farron felt she had been cruel, but without regretting it; for that, she thought, was often a parent's duty.
"I don't want to hurt your feelings, Mathilde.

The boy is a nice enough little person, but really I could not let you set off for China at a minute's notice with any broker's clerk who happened to fall in love with your golden hair.