Now I know where Taffy gets his cleverness." "You are quite wrong.

This is only a knack.

All his cleverness comes from his father." "Oh, books! Of course, Mr.Raymond knows all about books.
He's writing one, isn't he ?" Mrs.Raymond nodded.
"What about ?" "It's about St.Paul's Epistle to the Hebrews; in Greek, you know.
He has been working at it for years." "And he's indoors working at it now?
What funny things men do!" She was silent for a while, watching Humility's bobbins.

"But I suppose it doesn't matter just _what_ they do.

The great thing is to do it better than anyone else.