"I told him," Mr. Wright continued, "that in my very humble opinion it was contemptible for a man to marry and allow another man to support his wife."
Dr. Lavendar sat up in shocked dismay. "Samuel!"
"I, sir," the banker explained, "am his father, and I support him. If he marries, I shall have to support his wife. According to my poor theories of propriety, a man who lets another man support his wife had better not have one."
"But you ought not to have put it that way," Dr. Lavendar protested,
"I merely put the fact," said Samuel Wright "Furthermore, unless he stops dangling at her apron-strings, I shall stop his allowance, I shall so inform him."
"You surely won't do such a foolish thing!"
"Would you have me sit still? Not put up a single barrier to keep him in bounds?"
"Samuel, do you know what barriers mean to a colt?"
Mr. Wright made no response.
"They mean something to jump over."