P.—Well, I can hardly say; in fact I don’t feel as if I could walk. It is as much as I can do to get up and eat breakfast and fix off for school.
D.—Did you ever go to the country in the summer?
P.—O yes, to Massachusetts.
D.—How did you feel there? Could you walk?
P.—O yes; we had walking parties, rides, visitings, and a great many things to take the attention; and I, in fact, either forgot all my ailments, or else had none, I don’t know which. I have been to the country a number of times, and whenever I go all my headache leaves me, my appetite becomes good, and I am soon able to bear as much exercise as any one need.
D.—Do you have any headache?
P.—Strange as it may seem, not the least.
D.—Do you study your books much in the country?
P.—No, very little; we go for relaxation and amusement; we read, perhaps, a little, but do not undertake hard study.
D.—How much do you walk or ride in the day?