In fact, any new matter is trying to old people.

It has its own disturbances and its own anxieties, and neither of these things are good for lives that should be restful.

Your uncle is a strong man, with a very happy and placid nature.

Given health and ordinary conditions of life, there is no reason why he should not live to be a hundred.

You and I, therefore, who both love him, though in different ways, should make it our business to protect him from all disturbing influences.