"Why not?" said Rex, smiling rather provokingly.
"Papa and mamma and aunt Davilow all wish her not to. They think it is not right for her."
"Why should you suppose she is going to do what is not right?"
"Gwendolen minds nobody sometimes," said Anna getting bolder by dint of a little anger.
"Then she would not mind me," said Rex, perversely making a joke of poor Anna's anxiety.
"Oh Rex, I cannot bear it. You will make yourself very unhappy." Here Anna burst into tears.

"Why not?" said Rex, smiling rather provokingly.
"Papa and mamma think it is not right."
"Why should you suppose she is going to do what is not right?"
"Gwendolen minds nobody sometimes," said Anna.
"Then she would not mind me," said Rex.
"Oh Rex, I cannot bear it. You will make yourself very unhappy." Here Anna burst into tears.
