Sacrifice an hour to business, just once! That _was_ a blow.

As if his nose was not at the grindstone day in and day out! As if he were not practically chained to this office! As if unremitting application to business had not wrecked him--worn him to the bone--made an insomniac of him! That was the worst about children, boys especially; they twitted their elders; they thought they were the whole works; they assumed undue importance.

Tom was offended, and, being a stubborn man, he bowed his back.
"Tell him to wait," he said, curtly.

"I'll get around to it soon as I can." "Why, _dad_! He isn't a man who can wait.

This deal won't wait, either." "I been talking over that Jackson well with--with a man, and I got him--" "I asked you not to mention it--not to a soul.