`` I do n't see what you can do , '' muttered Jimmy , already ashamed of what he had said and wishing he had let Joey 's father alone . `` I 'll tell you what I can do ! '' Joey was confronting all the world now , with his head thrown back and his face flushed with his earnestness . `` I can love him and stand by him , and I will . When he gets out of -- of prison , he 'll come to see me , I know he will . And I 'm just going to hug him and kiss him and say , ` Never mind , Father . I know you 're sorry for what you 've done , and you 're never going to do it any more . You 're going to be a good man and I 'm going to stand by you . ' Yes , sir , that 's just what I 'm going to say to him . I 'm all the children he has and there 's nobody else to love him , because I know Aunt Beatrice does n't . And I 'm going with him wherever he goes . '' `` You ca n't , '' said Jimmy in a scared tone . `` Your Aunt Beatrice wo n't let you . '' `` Yes , she will . She 'll have to . I belong to my father . And I think he 'll be coming pretty soon some way . I 'm pretty sure the time must be ` most up . I wish he would come . I want to see him as much as can be , 'cause I know he 'll need me .
And I 'll be proud XXXXX him yet , Jimmy Morris , yes , I 'll be just as proud as you are of your father .
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