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This caused the young bride intense pain ; for though she had been long accustomed to such scenes , it came closer to her when her own husband was involved . John , jun. , did not go near his father 's residence , nor indeed take any steps towards reconciliation , for , he said , `` the old man will come around all right after awhile . '' He , for the time being , kept bar for Joe Porter , and was one of his most bibulous , though not one of his most profitable , customers . In fact , he was generally intoxicated each day by noon , and before night was stupidly drunk . His father , who really thought as much of his boy as it was possible for a man with such a nature as his to think of any one , heard he was going rapidly to destruction , and felt some effort must be made to save him . He had a conversation with his wife in regard to the matter , and though she declared she would never forgive her son for marrying into such a low family , as she knew it would subject her to the cynical and sneering remarks of some of the set with whom she associated , yet she concluded it was better to make the best of the matter , and not , by a course of coldness , drive him utterly to destruction ; so she agreed with her husband when he said he thought he had better go and see him , and , if possible , wean him from his present debauch . Mr. Sealy owned a farm of two hundred acres , which was situated on the shores of the bay , about two miles east of Bayton .