Concession, contrition, never do any good with some people. Instead of softening and conciliating, they but embolden and harden them. Of that number was Mr. Sympson.
"_I_ disappointed? What is it to me? Have _I_ an interest in it? You would insinuate, perhaps, that I have motives?"
"Most people have motives of some sort for their actions."
"She accuses me to my face! I, that have been a parent to her, she charges with bad motives!"

Concession and contrition never do any good with some people. They merely harden them. One such was Mr. Sympson.
"I disappointed? What is it to me? You would insinuate, perhaps, that I have motives?"
"Most people have motives for their actions."
"She accuses me to my face! She charges me with bad motives!"
