Oceana ! Oceana !Oh , I wonder if she 'll be as good as she is beautiful ! She must be ! Oceana !No message from my brother yet ? Look at this , Remson . That 's she . Is n't she lovely ? The natives do n't even wear that much , Remson . Oh , yes ... they never know what cold weather is . Maukuri — it 's in the South Seas . Fifteen years , Remson . Not since her father died . She did n't seem to feel that way .But we 'll try to make her change her mind . Just think of it ... she 's been forty-six days on the steamer ! Was n't that the street door just now , Remson ? Mother ! Mother , this has gone just as far as it can go ! I 've felt all along that something like this was preparing . Mother , this concerns me as much as it concerns any one of you . And I tell you , you have simply got to let me know about that will . Do I understand that it is your intention to threaten to go to law , unless Oceana gives us a part of grandfather 's property ? It 's perfectly certain that he hated you and mother and Aunt Letitia and me and Freddy ... every one of us ; and that he had hated us for years and years ; and that he left his money to Oceana to spite us all . And I , for one , knowing that he hated me , do n't want his money . And what is more , I refuse to touch his money . I am near enough of age to possess my self-respect . And I shall refuse to touch one penny . I shall be of age two years from now , and then I shall return to Oceana every penny of grandfather 's money that may have been gotten for me . I can n't help it , mother . I am meek and patient ... I try to let you have your way with me in everything . But this is a matter of principle , and I can n't let myself be sat on . You know , perfectly well , mother ; that it 's impossible for anybody to preserve any individuality in contact with you ... that as a matter of fact , neither father nor Letitia nor Freddy nor myself have preserved a shred of it . Grandfather said that to you himself , the last time you ever saw him ... I know it , for I 've heard father say it a hundred times . Yes , but it 's the first time , mother . Oh ! If only I might change places with Oceana ! If I could get away to some South Sea island , and be my own mistress and live my own life .Oceana ! I 'm wild to see you ! I want to see you dancing . Your Sunrise Dance ... and to your own music !Oceana ! Oceana ! Freddy ! Where 's Oceana ? Oh , Freddy ! Did you go and see ? I 'm so sorry ! So long as she does n't miss to-morrow night ! Did I read you what she said about that , Freddy ?“ I 'll pray for fair weather , so that I may get there to see the beautiful dancing . There is nothing in all the world that I love more ... my whole being seems to flow into the dance . I send you the music of my Sunrise Dance , that father composed for me . You can learn it , and I 'll do it for you . I do n't know , of course ; but father used to think that I was wonderful in it .. and he had known all the great dances in Europe . It was the last thing I heard him play , before he went out in the boat , and I saw him perish before my eyes . ” Do n't you think that she writes beautifully , Freddy ? Listen to this :“ About my name ... I forgot to explain . You see , Anna sounds like England ... or New England ... and I am not the least like those places . Father used to see me , as a little tot , diving through the breakers , and floating out in the sea , with the snow-white frigate-birds flashing by overhead ; and he said I was the very spirit of the island and the wild , lonely ocean . So he called me Oceana , and that 's the name I 've always borne . ” She goes on : “ You must n't be surprised at what I am . You may think it 's dreadful ... even wicked . But at least do n't expect anything like you 've ever known before . Fifteen years with only cocoa-palms and naked savages ... the Boston varnish rubs off one . But I 'm going to try to behave . I expect to feel quite at home ... I have pictures of all of you , and a picture of the house ... I even have father 's keys , to let myself in with ! ” Play it ? I could play it in my sleep . The Sunrise Dance ! Listen ! Oceana ! Oceana ! But how did you get here ? Oh , how fine you are ! You liked the way I played it ? But how big you are ! Walked all the way ? But in the storm ! I must tell mother . And Letitia !Mother ! Letitia ! Oceana 's here ! Here 's mother ! And Letitia ! Here 's father ! They warned me to turn my toes out when I walked , and not to eat fish with a knife . Mother , CAN'T you be good to her ? You do n't understand her at all . Ca n't you say something to them , Freddy ? They treat her so badly . No ! No ! They do n't understand ! They do n't really care . Take me with you ! Take me away to your island ! Oceana ! Oh , here you are ! And your new clothes ! No , they do n't belong to you ! What are you going to do ? What kind ? And did you get something beautiful for tonight ? Oceana , when am I to see the dance ? But when will that be ? Oh ! Oh , how lovely ! Tell me a little about the Sunrise Dance . Yes . And do you dance other things ? Oh , Oceana ! I 'm just wild to see you ! We were brought up that way . And are you always happy , Oceana ? You never ... you never even start to feel sad ? You mean you would not mourn , even if some one you loved were to die ? Oceana ! Why , this is Henry . Letitia 's husband . Yes ... two . Six years . Why ... you know Letitia . I guess he 's so-so . Like most of us . That 's so ! You never saw one ? What ? Oh , Freddy ! Was that she at the ‘ phone ? What in the world will we do ? How perfectly beastly ! How do you mean ? Oh ! Oceana ! You 'd do the Sunrise Dance ? Oh , Oceana ! How perfectly lovely ! But ... but I wonder if it would be all right . I mean ... it would n't shock them ? Is it what they 'd call proper ? Then I 'll ask mother . Of course . Of course . Oceana ! Oh , would you dare ? No , she 's never been in Boston before . I was . Freddy , what do you say ? Mother , what 's the matter ? Mother ! The people are waiting ... I am going with Oceana . Some day ... if not now . She 's perfectly right . Letitia has no business to keep him . She never would have got him if she had n't played a part . Wait ! Wait . Oceana , I ran away ! To you ! I could n't stand it ! I must be with you , Oceana — no matter how wicked it is , I must be with you ! Yes , I 'm desperate ... I 'll die if I have to stay at home . You wo n't send me back ? But , Oceana , Letitia is coming ! I took a train from Boston . And when I saw her come aboard , imagine how I felt ! I hid ... she did n't see me . And I got off the train first and dodged out of sight . I ran all the way . I suppose she stopped to get a sleigh . You knew it ? Well , of all the ... Oceana ! Do n't let her take me back home ? She might persuade you . She 'll threaten to make me go . But mother will come ! And she 'll command me to return . I 'm not of age , you know . No ... hardly that . And , oh , Oceana ... what do you think ? Freddy 's run away , too ! He 's gone out West ! He says he 's going to be a cowboy . He 's going to make a man of himself . He left a letter to father . Oceana , do you know what was the matter ? I think I know . He was in love with you ! Here she is ! Of all the adventures ! Oceana ! He left you ? Oceana ! Why did you do it ? What ? Your child ! No , no , Oceana ! I do n't know , Oceana . Yes . Oceana ! Yes . What do you mean ? I will ! Henry ?