"About as early as I remember it.

I don't know how much you got out here; we had a good foot in Elgin." "'Bout the same, 'bout the same," Mr Crow deliberated, "but it's been layin' light all along over Clayfield way--ain't had a pair of runners out, them folks." "Makes a more cheerful winter, Mrs Crow, don't you think, when it comes early ?" remarked Lorne.

"Or would you rather not get it till after Christmas ?" "I don't know as it matters much, out here in the country.

We don't get a great many folks passin', best of times.

An' it's more of a job to take care of the stock." "That's so," Mr Crow told them.