The colour of Mr. George's face rather deepens as he replies, "Why no. I wasn't."
"I am astonished at it."
"So am I. I ought to have been a good son, and I think I meant to have been one. But I wasn't. I was a thundering bad son, that's the long and the short of it, and never was a credit to anybody."
"Surprising!" cries the old man.

The colour of Mr. George's face rather deepens as he replies, "Why, no. I wasn't."
"I am astonished at it."
"So am I. I ought to have been a good son, and I think I meant to have been one. But I wasn't. I was a thundering bad son, and never was a credit to anybody."
"Surprising!" cries the old man.
