So far as I've seen them, I can't say as much for the towns; they might be prettier." "Might be prettier ?" exclaimed the agent.

"If they're not good enough for you, why did you come here ?" "I'm not sure it was a very judicious move.

But, you see, I didn't know what the place was like; and, after all, an experience of this kind is supposed to be bracing." The agent ignored Edgar after this.

He talked to George, and elicited the information that the latter meant to farm.

Then he got up, followed by two of the others, and the remaining man with the English appearance turned to George diffidently.
"Do you happen to want a teamster ?" he asked.
"I believe I'll want two," was the answer.