It bores him to hear about it.
"The Furnace"
Rose Macaulay
It doesn't amuse him; he doesn't think it's funny-and it's not particularly-and w-what's the good of making bores of ourselves?
"The Furnace"
Rose Macaulay
"But, of course, if you can't-if it bores you-" Kent seized her arm, a bit roughly, "Have I got to come right out and tell you, in plain English, that I-that it's because I'm so deep in love with you I can't.
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower