I do not suppose he cares much.

Besides, his face was not fit to be seen, so I sent him home.

Well, it--" "Yes," burst in his wife, "great, brutal fellow, to strike a boy like that!" "Boy ?" said her husband.

"Well, he may be, but not many men would dare to face him." Then he added, "I wish I had known--I fear I spoke--perhaps the boy may feel unjustly treated.

He is as proud as Lucifer." "Oh, papa!" said his wife, "what did you say ?" "Nothing but what was true.