"I'm most awfully afraid it's Jimmy."
"Jimmy? You don't mean she doesn't care about him?"
"Oh, no, she cares about him, and it's because she cares so that she can't stand him."
"Well," I said, "whether she cares or not, it's rough on Jimmy."
"It's rough on her. It's rough on both of them. It's getting rougher and rougher, and it's wearing her out."
"Won't it wear him out too?"
"N-no. Nothing will wear Jimmy out. He's indestructible. He'll wear her out."
"He says he's going to take a house in the country. How do you think that'll answer?"
She shook her head.
"I don't know, Walter. I don't really know. It sounds risky."