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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Copy-Cat & Other Stories by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman: fere any too much for my good, or father's, either.
Father was a set man. I guess if mother had been a
little harsh with me I might not have asked that
awful 'why?' I guess I might have taken my bitter
pills and held my tongue, but I won't blame myself
on poor mother.
"Myrtle and I get on well enough. She seems
contented -- she has never said a word to make me
think she wasn't. She isn't one of the kind of
women who want much besides decent treatment
and a home. Myrtle is a good woman. I am sorry
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