Fair Harbor

"[...]well, you know how it is with me. I've never been used to bein' a loafer, spongin' on my relations." "Don't, Sears. You know you ain't spongin', as you call it. You've paid your board ever since you've been here." "Yes, I have. But how much? Next to half of nothin' a week and you wouldn't have let me pay that if I hadn't put my foot down. Or said I was goin' to try to put it down," he added with a grim smile. "You're a good woman, Sarah, a good woman, with more trials than your share. And what makes me feel worst of all, I do believe, is that I should be pitched in on you—to be the biggest trial of all. Well, that part's about over, anyhow. No matter whether I can walk or not I shan't stay and sponge on you. If[...]".