Edgar was impressed by its vastness and silence.
"This," he said thoughtfully, "makes up for a good deal.

Once you get clear of the railroad, it's a captivating country." "Have you decided yet what you're going to do in it ?" "It's too soon," Edgar rejoined.

"The family idea was that I should stay about twelve months, and then go back and enter some profession.
Ethel seems quite convinced that a little roughing it will prove beneficial.

I might, however, stop out and try farming, which is one reason why you can have my services for nothing for a time.
Considering what local wages are, don't you think you're lucky ?" "That," laughed George, "remains to be seen." "Anyhow, there's no doubt that Sylvia Marston scores in securing you on the same favorable terms.

It has struck me that she's a woman who gets things easily." "She hasn't always done so.