"I don't think we've lost anything coming our way," he replied.

"We've had good luck--" "And our eyes were open," intervened John Grier.

"You push the brush and use the chisel, don't you ?" asked Tarboe in spite of himself with slight scorn in his tone.
"I push the chisel and use the brush," answered Carnac, smilingly correcting him.
"That's a good thing.

Is it yours ?" asked Tarboe, nodding and pointing to the statue of the riverman.

Carnac nodded.