You see, I HAD to respect his reason for wanting to join the club.

And if I AM his mother"-- she gave a deprecating little laugh--"I must say that it seems noble to want to join not really for his own sake but for the good that he felt his influence would have over the other boys.

Don't you think so, Mrs.Williams ?" Mrs.Williams said that she did, indeed.

And the result of this interview was another, which took place between Sam and his father that evening, for Mrs.Williams, after talking to Sam herself, felt that the matter needed a man to deal with it.

The man did it man-fashion.
"You either invite Georgie Bassett to play in the shack all he wants to," the man said, "or the shack comes down." "But--" "Take your choice.