The Magnificent Ambersons (The Growth Trilogy, #2)

by Booth Tarkington

An unbearable soreness accumulated in his chest: his dislike of the girl and her conduct increased until he thought of leaving this sickening Assembly and going home to bed. That would show her! But just then he heard her laughing, and decided that it wouldn't show her. So he remained.

He did not care whether they laughed or not.