“If you had an extra hoe I would help you a little. It would be as good as exercise in the gymnasium.”
“Perhaps I could borrow two and so employ both of you,” remarked Herbert, with a glance at James, who was sprucely dressed and wore a flower in his buttonhole.
“None for me, thank you,” said James, with a look of disgust. “I don't intend to become a laborer.”
“You'll have to labor if you study law,” said Cameron.
“That's genteel; besides I don't call it labor. Shall we go on, Mr. Cameron?”
“Not just yet. I want to watch Herbert a little longer.”
So he lingered, much to the dissatisfaction of James.
“Won't you go out rowing?” he asked, when they were walking away.
“I have no objection,” said Cameron; and they spent an hour on the pond.
“Do you think I can get into the crew if I go to Yale?” asked James, complacently.