Olenska!\" The words had a fantastic sound in his own ears.
\"You're marrying into her family.\"
\"Oh, family—family!\" he jeered.
\"Newland—don't you care about Family?\"
\"Not a brass farthing.\"
\"Nor about what cousin Louisa van der Luyden will think?\"
\"Not the half of one—if she thinks such old maid's rubbish.\"
\"Mother is not an old maid,\" said his virgin sister with pinched lips.
He felt like shouting back: \"Yes,
Olenska!\" The words had a fantastic sound in his own ears.
\"You're marrying into her family.\"
\"Oh, family—family!\" he jeered.
\"Newland—don't you care about Family?\"
\"Not a brass farthing.\"
\"Nor about what cousin Louisa van der Luyden will think?\"
\"Not the half of one—if she thinks such old maid's rubbish.\"
\"Mother is not an old maid,\" said his virgin sister with pinched lips.
He felt like shouting back: \"Yes,
