A fellow has no more right to get rid of obligations than he has to run away without paying his debts.

It would be a burden on your mind if you had a heavy debt you couldn't pay, and you would have a right to be angry if, when you were perfectly able to pay, your creditor refused to take the money.

That's just the position in which you've placed my father.

Well, anyhow, you've got to come and see him, or he's got to come and see you.

I know he has something in his mind's eye which will just suit you, though he did not tell me what it was.