"It's telling on him—all this trouble about Hugh."
I was curious.
"Telling on him in what way?"
"It's made him older—and grayer—and the trouble with his eye comes oftener."
It seemed to me that I saw an opportunity.
"Then why doesn't he give in?"
"Give in? Mr. Brokenshire? Why, he never gave in in his life."
"But if he suffers?"
"He'd rather suffer than give in. He's not an unkind man, not really, so long as he has his own way; but once he's thwarted—"
"Every one has to be thwarted some time."