“Reading a paper. Can’t you see for yourself?”
“That isn’t what my father pays you for. Go right to work.”
“Shure, you want me to work day and night! That’s what Tom Calder won’t do for no man last of all for a boy like you!”
“If you ain’t careful, my father will send you away.”
“If he does, I’ll get another place soon,” said Tom, indifferently.
“You’re an impudent loafer!”
“The same to yourself,” said Tom, indifferently.
After a little further altercation, Philip walked off in dudgeon. It was clear that he couldn’t bully Tom.