"Domm her, John; she breaks my heart." While her lover held her grandfather Ruby escaped, and seated herself on the bedside, again afraid to undress, lest she should be disturbed by her grandfather. "Ain't it more nor a man ought to have to bear;--ain't it, Mr. Crumb?" said the grandfather appealing to the young man.

"Domm her, John; she breaks my heart." While John held her grandfather, Ruby escaped to her bedroom.
"Ain't it more nor a man ought to have to bear?" appealed the old man. 