Joe was just the kind of a man, as Amy had told her sister, to make a big sudden success of his work.
Unfortunately he was tied to a partner, Nourse by name, who held him back.

This man Amy keenly disliked.

She said that Nourse was a perfect grind, a heavy tiresome creature who thought business was everything in the world.
"Sometimes I really believe he forgets it's for making money," Amy declared.

"He's as anxious about it as an old hen, and he wants it steady as a cow.

He detests me, as I do him.