Refer to explorations in literature for a complete version of this story. how do the events in "water never hurt a man" change john by the end of the story? he grows more suspicious of the men he meets along the canal. he grows more frustrated with his work of leading the team of horses. he becomes afraid of his father's fierceness with the men on the canal. he becomes more confident in his ability to be a driver boy on the canal.

Ipronounced his name, offering him at the same time my hand: he took it, smiling and saying, “we shall do very well by-and-by.” then he laid me down, and addressing bessie, charged her to be very careful that i was not disturbed during the night. having given some further directions, and intimates that he should call again the next day, he departed; to my grief: i felt so sheltered and befriended while he sat in the chair near my pillow… (chapter 3) this passage, in which jane first meets the doctor, is an example of