He had applied it to real estate and to people, with profitable
results.

But to human persons the sensation of being waited for is not
always agreeable. Sometimes, especially with the young, it
produces
a vague restlessness, a dumb resentment, which is increased by
the fact that one can hardly explain or justify it. Of this
John Weightman was not conscious. It lay beyond his horizon.
He did not take it into account in the plan of life which he made
for
himself and for his family as the sharers and inheritors of his
success.

"Father plays us," said Harold, in a moment of irritation, to his
mother,
"like pieces in a game of chess.

"My dear," said that lady, whose faith in her husband was
religious,
"you ought not to speak so impatiently. At least he wins the
game.
He is one of the most respected men in New York. And he is
very generous, too."

"I wish he would be more generous in letting us be ourselves,"
said the young man. "He always has something in view for us
and expects to move us up to it."