John and Greenwood found plenty to do among the idle looms, but after all repairs and alterations had been completed, then John felt the stress of hours that had no regular daily task.

For the first time in his life his household saw him irritable.

He spoke impatiently and did not know it until the words were beyond recall.

Jane had at such times a new feeling about her husband.
She began to wonder how she could bear it if he were always "so short and dictatorial." She concluded that it must be his mill way.

"But I am not going to have it brought into my house," she thought.