But Volumnia answers No! No! She may be asked for, she may be wanted at a moment's notice. She never should forgive herself "if anything was to happen" and she was not on the spot. She declines to enter on the question, mooted by the maid, how the spot comes to be there, and not in her room (which is nearer to Sir Leicester's), but staunchly declares that on the spot she will remain. Volumnia further makes a merit of not having "closed an eye"--as if she had twenty or thirty--though it is hard to reconcile this statement with her having most indisputably opened two within five minutes.

But Volumnia answers No! No! She may be asked for at a moment's notice. She never should forgive herself "if anything was to happen" and she was not on the spot. She declines to answer her maid's question on how the spot comes to be there, and not in her room, but staunchly declares that on the spot she will remain. Volumnia further states that she has not "closed an eye" - as if she had twenty or thirty - though she indisputably opened two just five minutes ago.
