"Winthrop will hardly have time."
"Yes he will; and if he don't we can call in Anderese. He's a pretty good hunter."
"I'm not a bad one," said Rufus.
"And you have Karen to help you. I think it will be a very fine thing, and be a good start maybe towards Rufus's going to College."
Another pause, during which nothing moved but the knife and
Mrs. Landholm's fingers.
"Well — what do you say?" said her husband.
"If you think it will do — I am willing to try," she answered.
"I know it will do; and I'll go and write directly to Haye — I suppose he'd like to know; and to-morrow my hands will have something to hold besides pens."
There was profound silence again for a little after he went out.
"How old are these children?" Mrs. Landholm said.