"I'll borrow neighbor Gould's horse and buggy. That horse is pretty strong, and he won't mind the twenty miles—ten there and ten back."
"I don't like to have you travelin' so far with all that money. S'pose you should meet with robbers."
"There ain't any robbers round here, Sarah. This is a respectable community."
"You might meet a tramp."
"Well, the chances are that he'd be more afraid of me than I would be of him. I ain't a child, Sarah. I can lift a barrel of potatoes and put it in a wagon as easy as most men."
"Well, Adin, you know best. Hadn't you better take Dean with you?"
"Why should I take Dean?"
"It would be safer for two than for one."
"You don't mean to say that I need a boy of sixteen to protect me? If I thought I did, I'd stay at home and send Dean by himself."