"No."
"Probably you didn't try very hard."
"It wasn't that. They all said I was too old. Chicago is a city of young men."
"Yes, you have seen your best days," said his nephew, unfeelingly.
"And I suppose I ought not to cumber the ground. Is that what you mean, Eben?"
"Well, not exactly, but you can't expect that you can find employment as you used to do."
"Isn't that pretty hard? I am only sixty-five."
"That's old for a man seeking employment."
"What will you do when you are sixty-five?"