He refused to be bullied by any living man.

He had made arrangements to come to New York on the following Monday, and he was coming.

As to being sent back, he wished his uncle to understand that it was one thing to order and another to enforce obedience.

To which he received the following note: "I can't stop you from coming, Steve, except by going to New Haven and holding you by main strength.

That I don't propose to do, for two reasons: first, that it is too much trouble, and second that it ain't necessary.