"Yes."
"To marry and have children?"
Monte was silent a moment, and then he added:—
"I know a man who did that."
"A man who does n't is n't a man, is he?"
"I—I don't know," confessed Monte. "I 've visited this friend once or twice. Did you ever see a kiddy with the croup?"
"No," admitted Peter.
"You're darned lucky. It's just as though—as though some one had the little devil by the throat, trying to strangle him."
"There are things you can do."
"Things you can try to do. But mostly you stand around with your hands tied, waiting to see what's going to happen."