But if you were a mason you could do quite as much to make them comfortable; you could build them houses." "Yes, I could.

It would be delightful to build houses for people.

I should like that." "It's very hard work," said his grandmother.

"Only you wouldn't mind that, I know, Willie." "No man minds hard work," said Willie.

"I think I should like to be a mason; for then, you see, I should be able to look at what I had done.
The ploughs and carts would go away out of sight, but the good houses would stand where I had built them, and I should be able to see how comfortable the people were in them.