The Enduring Chill

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…these things for her attention indirectly. Mrs. Fox wants to help Asbury but he does not want the help of his mother, he would rather feel sorry for himself. Asbury gets himself so worked up; he makes himself sick and tells people he is going to die. The relationship between mother and son is clear. They are closer then they both realize. They thrive on each other to live, the son more then the mother.