"I think he'd have been kinder if I'd let him.

Perhaps I ought to have indulged him more than I did; but I was obstinate, and--well, you know, he was harsh to my father--" Allott made a sign of comprehension.

"He died six weeks since and left Helen most of his money; but he didn't cut you out." Thirlwell moved abruptly.
"I expected nothing!" "That was obvious," Allott remarked with some dryness.

"Sir James was very sore when you refused to come back, but he came round after a time.
When he was ill he told Helen it was refreshing to find a man who could not be bought, and you were probably better fitted for roughing it in Canada than the career he had planned for you.

He added that he doubted if there were many like you in that country.