"No, indeed!"
"But, you always thought Judge Garlock's place very handsome."
"O, it is handsome to look at as you pass; it is nearer the lake than ours; and no doubt it is the dearest spot on earth to Mrs. Garlock, she has lived there so long; but I would not leave this place for that."
"But you forget her splendid house, her white pebble walks, her grounds looking like an Eden; and—"
"No doubt they are very dear to her, but I would not exchange houses, or grounds, or gardens, or sights with her."
"Not if we had more money, to live as they do!"
"No! not for a house full of silver dollars."
"Not to have such a splendid view from your door and windows of the silver-breasted lake, and the grand old hills beyond?"
"Hardly, if the river Jordan rolled there, and Canaan bloomed opposite; though I always thought that would be the loveliest sight on earth. But what are you talking about, Matthew? do we not see the lake from our house, and the hills, too, beyond?"
"Only from a distance."