Possible Clues:

• Stood firm
• Put up opposition from editress
• Didn't succumb to the lunchtime dessert, worried about
• Struggled against
• Is desert to be opposed?
• Defied
• In the matter of his sister, the boy did not give in
• One stood up to this about the little relative Ted has
• One did not give in about the little sister to the little boy
• In the matter of this little sister, Edward did not give in