"It's not just the thing. What's the use of my having good wine here, when nobody comes to drink it? But, as I was saying about Alice, of course I've felt all this thing very much. I feel as though I were responsible, and yet what could I do? She's her own mistress through it all. When she told me she was going to marry that horrible miscreant, my nephew, what could I do?"
"That's over now, and we need not talk about it."
"It's very kind of you to say so,--very. I believe she's a good girl. I do, indeed, in spite of it all."

I feel responsible, and yet what could I do? Alice is her own mistress. When she told me she was going to marry that horrible miscreant, my nephew, what could I do?"
"That's over now, and we need not talk about it."
"It's very kind of you to say so. I believe she's a good girl, in spite of it all."
