"Well," he said, "you know Father.

He doesn't change his mind easily.

He and I didn't get as close together as I wish we could.

And it wasn't my fault that we didn't," he added, earnestly.
Jed understood.

He had known Phineas Babbitt for many years and he knew the little man's hard, implacable disposition and the violence of his prejudices.
"Um-hm," he said.