"Not a lie, I think, if he helps those working with him - but I know, that would not help a great deal. If he is that sort of man, though, the man's man as you said... he might feel it is the only appropriate thing to do, to carry it alone."
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"Not a lie, I think, if he helps those working with him - but I know, that would not help a great deal. If he is that sort of man, though, the man's man as you said... he might feel it is the only appropriate thing to do, to carry it alone."