Nan tossed her head . `` Well , why not ? '' she asked . `` Look here , Nan , '' said Lee angrily , `` if you 're going to the picnic with John Osborne I 'm surprised at you . What do you mean by encouraging him so ? He 's as poor as Job 's turkey . I suppose you 've heard that I 've been compelled to foreclose the mortgage on his farm . '' Nan kept her temper sweetly -- a dangerous sign , had Bryan but known it . `` Yes ; he was telling me so this morning , '' she answered slowly . `` Oh , was he ? I suppose he gave me my character ? '' `` No ; he did n't say very much about it at all . He said of course you were within your rights . But do you really mean to do it , Bryan ? '' `` Of course I do , '' said Bryan promptly . `` I ca n't wait any longer for my money , and I 'd never get it if I did . Osborne ca n't even pay the interest . '' `` It is n't because he has n't worked hard enough , then , '' said Nan . `` He has just slaved on that place ever since he grew up . '' `` Well , yes , he has worked hard in a way .
But he 's kind of shiftless , XXXXX all that -- no manager , as you might say .
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