"But why didn't I know it when it happened?"
"Oh, the excitement—why, you must have been white-hot, to stand up to a wolf with nothing but a little stick. I didn't know it could happen that way, but I think it's not so strange."
"Jesse Plum.... Why did Father never speak of those things?"
"I don't know, Ru."
"Did he to you?"
"No, he never.... Look: I remember I spent once, merely from lifting a big rock. And—oh, tree-climbing, things like that. So you see—anyway there's nothing wrong with you, brother, nothing."
"Do you have those dreams much, Ben?"
"Not too often. You?"
"Oh, they...."
"You will. You'll be dreaming about girls, and——"