There's this place, for instance; one could imagine they had meant to build a Greek temple, and now it looks more like a swimming-bath.

After planning the rest magnificently, why couldn't they put on a roof that wouldn't leak ?" "It has been an exceptionally heavy rain," the girl reminded him.
"Just so.

But couldn't somebody get a broom and sweep the water out?
Our unimaginative English folk could rise as far as that." She laughed good-humoredly, and her father sauntered up to them.
"Any news of the train yet ?" he asked.
"No, sir," said Edgar.

"In my opinion, any attempt to extract reliable information from a Canadian railroad-hand is a waste of time.

No doubt, it's so scarce that it hurts them to part with it." The Westerner looked at him with a little hard smile.