“As well as I expect to be. I’m gettin’ to be an old man.”
“We must all grow old,” said the squire vaguely.
“And sometimes a man’s latter years are his most sorrowful years.”
“That means that he can’t pay the mortgage,” thought Squire Sheldon.
“Well, ahem! Yes, it does sometimes happen so,” he said aloud.
“Still if a man’s friends stand by him, that brings him some comfort.”
“I suppose you know what I’ve come about, Mr. Hooper,” said the squire, anxious to bring his business to a conclusion.
“I suppose it’s about the mortgage.”
“Yes, its about the mortgage.”
“Will you be willing to extend it another year?”