"But what made the change?"
"His sickness. Ever since he has been confined to the house he has been nervous, peevish, and altogether a different person. I really can't understand it."
"It's queer. Do you suppose having Bulson around makes any difference?"
"How could it affect his sickness?"
"Perhaps he gives your uncle something that affects his mind."
"Oh, Nelson! could anybody be so dreadfully cruel?"
"Some folks are as mean as dirt. I want to tell you something that I never spoke of before, because I thought it wouldn't be right to misjudge Bulson when I didn't know him as well as I know him now. Do you remember I once told you how he tried to cheat George Van Pelt out of the sale of some books?"
"Yes, I remember. You said Van Pelt made him take the books."
"So he did. And do you know what the books were?"