They are anything but stupid." "What does Winthrop do with himself?
Rufus isn't so busy." "I don't know," said Elizabeth; "and I am sure I don't care.
He goes for eels, I think, every other night.

He has been after them to-night.

He is always after birds or fish or rabbits, when he isn't on the farm." "I wonder what people find so much to do on a farm.

I should think they'd grow stupid.

-- It is funny," said Miss Cadwallader as she got into bed, "how people in the country always think you must read the Bible." Elizabeth lay a little while thinking about it and then fell asleep.