Certainly he seems to me a man who squanders a great deal of talent unworthily.

Yet for some reason or other he calls this true, genuine activity, and has a contempt for actual work by which a man makes provision for his years and for his family.

In the end, he will have to fall back on charity.
But when I say so, he denies it, and says that in the end we, the men who work and make provision, will have to fall back on him.

Well, all I can say is, that SO FAR he is in far greater danger of having to fall back on me, than I on him." The old man sat back in his chair with a little laugh of triumph.

But it smote almost devilishly on Aaron's ears, and for the first time in his life he felt that there existed a necessity for taking sides.
"I don't suppose he will do much falling back," he said.
"Well, he is young yet.