Pride (part three)

this is the final installment. Still needs revising, but what do you think?

When Phil had gone, Gary kept on sitting outside for hours every day, looking out at the grounds, the way they had passed the time before. He started smoking more than usual. Before, he’d only had about six or seven cigarettes a day, declining most of Phil’s offers for another. Now he increased to at least a pack a day. It was easier to measure his intake if he did it pack by pack, rather than cigarett...