Sudden indignation boiled up in him.

The father was a madman.

It did not matter that he wore the cloth; something was wrong with him.

He hadn't played fair.
"Remember; we must keep the young fellow's thoughts away from himself.

Tell him about the island, the coconut dance, the wooden tom-toms; read to him." "What made him buy that sing-song girl ?" Regarding this, Ruth had ideas of her own, but she wanted the doctor's point of view.
"Maybe he realized that he was slipping fast and thought a fine action might give him a hand-hold on life again.