“Well, if you only love Him who made and gave you everything half as well as you love me, who have done, and can do, very little for you, all these other matters will take care of themselves.”
“Please talk some more, sir.”
“It is time to go. We’ve been here a great while. They will all be a-bed.”
“O, sir, we haven’t been here but a little while.”
“How long do you think?”
“Half an hour.”
“We’ve been here an hour and a half; I know by the tide. It was high water when we sat down here. You see that white rock just breaking the water?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Well, when that rock is fairly out, it is two hours ebb. Walter, what makes you so bent upon going to sea? You might do well on a farm. Fred would, in the course of another year, take you in as partner. If you want money, I will lend it to you. Then you can be at home among your friends. Is it because you think you can make money faster?”