"You are the one that's come out 'unrivaled, stupendous and triumphant,' as your full sheeters used to say. If I was any help in steering her away I'm humbly glad of it, for I always liked you, Ivory."
This gradual shifting to the ground of the benefactor, even of the servile sort, was not entirely placating, as Ivory Buck's corrugated brow still hinted, but the constant iteration of admiration for his marvelous shrewdness and good fortune was having its effect.
The old grudge and sorrow that had gnawed at his heart during so many years suddenly shooed away. The pain was assuaged. It was like opodeldoc stuffed into an aching tooth.
He felt as though he would like to listen to a lot more of that comforting talk.
"Avery," he cried, with a heartiness that surprised even himself, "you're a poor old devil that's been abused, and you seem to be all in." He surveyed the wheezing horse and kicked another spoke from the yawning wheel.
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