I think it would do him good, but I fear he will object to it." "I don't think so.

We'll propose it to him in the morning." Bob came down to breakfast feeling rather sheepish.

He had been wondering, during the time he was not sleeping, what form of punishment his father would inflict.
The lad had an uneasy feeling that he might have to make a public apology before the whole church congregation.

This he felt would be very embarrassing.

He also had an idea that his father might take him from school and put him to work in the mill.