But what do you tell me that for? With what object?" she said, getting more and more excited.

" Does anyone contest your rights? But you want to be right, and you're welcome to be right.

" His hand closed, he turned away, and his face wore a still more obstinate expression.

"For you it's a matter of obstinacy," she said, watching him intently and suddenly finding the right word for that expression that irritated her, "simply obstinacy.