"Despise my son! treat him as her vassal, indeed! Humph! I should like to know where she could find such another! Boy and man, he's the noblest, stoutest heart I ever knew. I don't care if I am his mother; I can see what's what, and not be blind. I know what Fanny is; and I know what John is. Despise him! I hate her!"
'Despise my son! Humph! I should like to know where she could find such another! He's the noblest, stoutest heart I ever knew. I don't care if I am his mother; I can see what's what. I know what Fanny is; and I know what John is. Despise him! I hate her!'