It may seem odd that I, of all persons, should have taken upon myself the defense of Denboro and its inhabitants, but that is what I did.
"They are no more narrow and stubborn in their way than city people are in theirs," I declared.

"They resent being ordered about as if their opinions and wishes counted for nothing, and I honor them for it." "Do, hey ?" "Yes, I do.

Mr.Colton, I tell you that you are all wrong.

Simply because a man lives in the country it does not follow that he is a blockhead.

No one in Denboro is rich, as you would count riches, but plenty of them are independent and ask no help from any one.