"
"I would if I could," he said, sorrowfully.
"No, no! Why can't you?" she cried, clutching his arm. "He wants
you to go back to the machine-shop and--"
"And--'like it'!" said Bibbs.
"Yes, that's it--to go in a cheerful spirit. Dr. Gurney said it
wouldn't hurt you if you went in a cheerful spirit--the doctor said
that himself, Bibbs. So why can't you do it? Can't you do that much
for your father? You ought to think what he's done for YOU. You got
a beautiful house to live in; you got automobiles to ride in; you got
fur coats and warm clothes; you been taken care of all your life. And
you don't KNOW how he worked for the money to give all these things
to you! You don't DREAM what he had to go through and what he risked
when we were startin' out in life; and you never WILL know! And now
this blow has fallen on him out of a clear sky, and you make it out to
be a hardship to do like he wants you to! And all on earth he asks is
for you to go back to the work in a cheerful spirit, so it won't hurt
you! That's all he asks. Look, Bibbs, we're gettin' back near home,
but before we get there I want you to promise me that you'll do what
he asks you to.
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