Light O' the Morning

" ...] "Sweet or not," said the mother, "she has got to learn her lesson of life; and it is no good to be too tender with her; she wants a little bracing." "You have been trying that on-eh?" "Well, not exactly, Pat; but you cannot expect me to keep all our troubles to ourselves. There's that mortgage, you know." "Bother the mortgage " said the Squire. "Why do you harp on things the way you do? I'll manage it right enough. I am going round to see Dan Murphy now; he won't be hard on an old friend." "Yes; but have you not to pay up?" "Some day, I suppose." "Now listen, Patrick. Do be reasonable. Whenever I speak of money you fight shy of the subject." ...]."