One might as well refuse an oar to row in a boat.' 'I 'd rather risk it,' the young man replied.

'These guides kick the soul out of scenery.

I came for that and not for them.' 'You might easily have been a disagreeable part of the scene.' 'Why not here as well as elsewhere ?' 'You don't care for your life ?' 'I try not to care for it a fraction more than Destiny does.' 'Fatalism.

I suppose you care for something ?' 'Besides I've a slack purse, and shun guides and inns when I can.

I care for open air, colour, flowers, weeds, birds, insects, mountains.