If I choose to lock you in your room for the rest of the day he will not interfere.

And as I am quite capable of doing so, I warn you to be very careful." Sylvia stood as if turned to stone.

She was white to the lips, but she confronted her step-mother wholly without fear.
"Do you really think I would submit to that ?" she said.

"I am not a child, I assure you, whatever I may appear to you.

You will certainly never manage me by that sort of means." Her clear, emphatic voice fell without agitation.