I should come nearer to the people themselves that way with my work.

Yes, grannie, I would rather be a mason than a smith." "A carpenter fits up the houses inside," said his grandmother.

"Don't you think, with his work, he comes nearer the people that live in it than the mason does ?" "To be sure," cried Willie, laughing.

"People hardly see the mason's work, except as they're coming up to the door.

I know more about carpenter's work too.