"Don't try to stop me." Her nerves were quite on edge and she spoke with a greater violence than she knew.

Jane Repton tried to persuade her.
"Wouldn't it be wiser for you to face things here, even though it means some effort and pain ?" "I don't know," answered Stella, still in the quick peremptory tone of one who will not be argued with.

"I don't care either.

I have nothing to do with wisdom just now.

I don't want people at all.