Why couldn't you try to do better, and not disgrace your parents ?" "Don't judge, till you see her," was Jack's reply, and immediately changed the subject.

It was no recommendation to his mother, and she did not feel prepared to welcome her cordially now he was to come with his wife.

He was indignant at his mother's advice to desert her.

It rankled bitterly in his soul, the bare suggestion.

He had more to bring.