"You love your daughter and would be unhappy if she were to leave you alone in the world ?" "Indeed I should be," he answered firmly.

"I will not consider your suggestion.

I will not.

I will not." "She is more generous than you," I returned, "and refuses to leave you, though she would be very unhappy if you force her to remain." "I suppose you think so," he replied sullenly.
"I know so," I answered, "and can prove it by Betty." Betty nodded her head "Yes," and I continued: "You will not be unhappy in France with us.
You will be happy.

Yet you refuse to be happy save in your own stubborn way, even though you bring grief to the tenderest heart in the world.