“But it's the truth. I'm no good. I've tried. I have, Dad. You know, to put everything behind me and make myself take hold.... And then I draw half the night, and miss my classes in the morning. It seems to go against my nature, some way. No matter how hard I try, it doesn't work. The worst of it is, in my heart I know it isn't going to work.”
“I shouldn't have brought you out here.”
“But you couldn't help that, Dad.”
“It did seem so.... I'm planning now to send you back as soon as we can manage it.”
“But, Dad... the expense...!”
“I know. I am thinking about that. There will surely be a way to manage it, a little later. I mean to find a way.”
“But I can't go back to Uncle Frank's.”
“I must work it out so that it won't be a burden to him.”
“You mean... pay board?”
“Yes.”