"Still, it had some weight.

You see, it isn't difficult to get lazy and slack, and I'd done nothing except a little fishing and shooting for several years.

I didn't want to sink into a mere lounger about country houses and clubs.

It's pleasant, but too much of it is apt to unfit one for anything else." "You believe it's safer, for example, to haul stovewood home through the Canadian frost or drive a plow under the scorching sun ?" "Yes; I think I feel something of the kind." Flora somewhat astonished him by her scornful laugh.
"You're wise," she said.

"We have had sportsmen here from your country, and I've a vivid memory of one or two.