"It hurts to know you had forgotten.

The farm is lonely and I haven't many friends; but I can't tell outsiders how little that matters to you." "I'm sorry," Festing answered with some embarrassment.

"Still I think you're exaggerating; nobody would look at it like that.

Our neighbors know one has to stay with one's work." "Bob finds time to go about with his wife." "He does," said Festing dryly.

"Driving about is easier than farming, and Bob has no scruples about living on his wife's money.