The others most concerned, had he allowed it to be known, would have been amazed by it--Winona Penniman most of all.

Winona's conviction was that the rejected Cowan twin conspicuously lacked those qualities that would make him desirable for adoption by any family of note, certainly not by Whipples.

He had gone from bad to worse.

Driving a truck had been bad.
There had been something to say in its favour in the early stages of his career, until the neophyte had actually chosen to wear overalls like any common driver.

In overalls he could not be mistaken for a gentleman amateur moved by a keen love for the sport of truck driving--and golf was worse.