And little Steve--how is the back ?" "He's twelve.

The back hurts a lot, but he is happy enough, if you give him a pencil.

They're all with us now." "Ah, well, well.

I think you have made something out of it after all, Wickes.

And we must see about Robert." Thirty-one years at the desk! And to show for it a home for his wife and himself, a daughter in a home of her own, a son dead for his country, leaving behind him a wife and two lads to carry the name--was it worth while?
Yes, by Jove, it was worth it all to be able to give a man like Stephen Wickes to his country.