How!
LINCOLN
(turning).
How!
[Noctah, with the quiet of an accustomed visitor, sits on bench by fire: pulls out a long pipe.
LINCOLN
(after a pause, looking up).
Supper?
NOCTAH.
No. Noctah only want to warm at fire. Like to watch Lincoln. Lincoln get wisdom out of books.
LINCOLN
(ruefully).
Not so much as I'd like to, Noctah. The books are so few that it's just learning by littles [Footnote: Lincoln's own words.]