"O'Brien, are you not ashamed to get so angry with that poor, foolish,
half-crazed McMullins?"
"Wouldn't it make your blood boil to have any one slap you in the face?"
"Undoubtedly it would rouse my temper for the moment. It is a very mean
and wrong thing to strike; but you have behaved no better."
"I was a fool; but I could not help it."
"Yes, you could. Will you behave yourself now?"
"I will do nothing more," and she heaved a deep sigh.
"If you have really come to your senses, go about your work!"