I'll see to that." "It's not right and you mustn't do it." "Mustn't do it!--And it's as good as done!" "It can't be done until your mother and I consent, and we can't see it's a right thing to do." "Can't you see that you're only saving the farm for Tom ?" he argued wrathfully, bottling his anger as well as he could.

"It's nothing to you and the young ones in any case." "I know, but all the same it's not right.

If it was to buy another farm it would be different, for you could leave it as you choose.

But to throw away the money on those mines--" This was a lapse from diplomacy and old Tom resented it.
"Throw the money away!" he shouted, casting all restraint to the winds.
"Who's going to throw the money away?
It's like you women.

You never can see beyond the ends of your noses.