You know how she feels about such things--" "Yes, I guess you're right," he agreed.
How everything centered 'round Edith, he thought.

To pay the debts which Bruce had left would take all Roger had on hand; and from this time on his expenses, with five growing children here, would be a fast increasing drain.

He would have to be careful and husband his strength, a thing he had always hated to do.
In the next few weeks, he worked hard in his office.

He cut down his smoking, stayed home every evening and went to bed at ten o'clock.

He tried to shut Deborah out of his mind.