Still he was not sure if his putting the girl in a favorable light would soften the blow or not.
"To begin with, they don't employ women in a Canadian bar.

Then Sadie's quite a good sort and understands Bob--perhaps better than an English girl could.

She was brought up on the plains and knows all about the life we lead." "You imply that she is not fastidious, and will be lenient to her husband's faults?
That she will bring him down to her level ?" "Well," said Festing, who thought Helen did not know Charnock's dissipated habits, "I imagine she'll keep him there, and that's something.

I mean she won't let him sink below her level; Sadie's shrewd and determined.

Then marriage is a problem to men like Bob farming the plains.