No, a thousand times no." "For what, then ?" "I do not ask for it, I demand it.

I will have it." "And by what right ?" exclaimed Joel, "and how dare you, a stranger, speak in this way in my mother's house ?" "By the right every man has to speak as he pleases, and when he pleases, in his own house," retorted Sandgoist.
"In his own house ?" Joel, in his indignation, stepped threateningly toward Sandgoist, who, though not easily frightened, sprung hastily out of his arm-chair.

But Hulda laid a detaining hand upon her brother's arm, while Dame Hansen, burying her face in her hands, retreated to the other end of the room.
"Brother, look at her!" whispered the young girl.
Joel paused suddenly.

A glance at his mother paralyzed him.

Her very attitude revealed how entirely Dame Hansen was in this scoundrel's power.
Sandgoist, seeing Joel's hesitation, recovered his self-possession, and resumed his former seat.
"Yes, in his own house," he continued in a still more arrogant voice.
"Ever since her husband's death, Dame Hansen has been engaging in unsuccessful speculations.