You left home with a good supply of money, and strength and education, and you ought to have made good use of it all.

But you come back like a beggar; and that you come in a very awkward time for us cannot be denied.
Your return to-night may do us much harm.

But mind--you are welcome to this home as long as it is mine.

I don't wish to turn you adrift.

We will make the best of a bad job; and I hope you are not seriously ill ?' 'O no.