WASHINGTON.
I will not, if it is flattering; for I have learned aforetime that humility is the forerunner of advancement. [Footnote: Washington's own words]
RED ROWAN
(seated on mossy log, as she reads his hand).
What would you wish to be?
WASHINGTON.
(simply).
When I grow older, a man of deeds, not words. [Footnote: Washington's own words]
RED ROWAN
Well, then, give hither. (Reading his hand.) Your name is Washington, and you come from beyond Blue Ridge. All this I know. For the rest, let me read. You are well versed in woodcraft, but not so well in books.
WASHINGTON.
There I must mend me.