There's something so manly about him." Paul resumed his task silently.
"And of course," Mrs.Morel continued, "for a man like your father, the hospital IS hard.

He CAN'T understand rules and regulations.

And he won't let anybody else touch him, not if he can help it.

When he smashed the muscles of his thigh, and it had to be dressed four times a day, WOULD he let anybody but me or his mother do it?
He wouldn't.

So, of course, he'll suffer in there with the nurses.