"I wouldn't want to be a fireman," said Abel.
"Why not?"
"Firemen are low."
"You won't think so if you are ever in a burning house, Abel."
"They are a very useful class of people," said Mrs. Lane.
"You wouldn't want me to be a fireman, ma, would you?"
"No, perhaps not."
"You might be something a great deal worse, nephew," said the blacksmith.
"Has Mr. Nugent no family?" asked Mr. Crane.
"He has a grandson about my age, but he is at a boarding-school somewhere," answered Gerald.