Julie Sampton didn't call Mother Sampton to hear her say these things, so when she heard her mother laughing so happily, she felt a bit stifled in her heart.
"Mom, what's so good about it? What's so good about Jane Sampson being pregnant?" Julie's tone was somewhat confrontational.
"Those shares in your hands were supposed to go back to Jane, but Jane didn't want them, and dad was so worried about it. Didn't we finally manage to calm dad down? Now that Jane is pregnant, whether she has a son or a daughter, if the Old Master of the Black Family gives her some kind of reward, do you think dad could go without giving something as a gesture? And if dad gives, what can he give? It's still your shares, mom. If those shares go to her child this time, we'll never get them back! Mom, that was what you promised to leave to me. Why should it go to Jane Sampson and her child?"
