Shortly before he died he gave Sadie good advice.
"You got the man you wanted, and now it's your job to look after him.
head him off the liquor, and keep your hands on the dollars.

I've fixed things so's they belong to you." Another time he asked for certain accounts, and after studying them remarked: "You want to watch the business and run it all it's worth.
You have a husband to work for now, and I guess a man like Bob comes expensive.

Still, if you can guild him right, he's not all a fool." Sadie had not resented this.

She knew it was true, and her father had not meant to sneer.

He was a blunt man and generally talked like that, and Sadie sometimes did so.