I wanted it to be upon the bank, but you said No, you were afraid of floods.

I wanted to superintend the building, but you conducted me contemptuously to my desk.

You intimated that I did not know how to build--that no one knew except yourself.

You instructed the architect, and bullied the workmen, and cried for more store-closets.

Grizel, I saw the house go up; I saw you the adoration and terror of your servants; I heard you singing from room to room." He was touched by this; all beautiful thoughts touched him.
But as a rule, though Tommy tried to be brave for her sake, it was usually she who was the comforter now, and he the comforted, and this was the arrangement that suited Grizel best.