"Dat is true," said the naturalist. "Well — I wish I could do you some goot, but you will not let me; — and I trust you that you are right."
"You are a good friend, sir," said Winthrop gratefully.
"Well — I mean to be," said the other, nodding his good- humoured head.
Elizabeth was too far off to hear any of this dialogue; and she was a little astonished again when they reached the land to see her boatman grasp her friend's hand and give it a very hearty shake.
"I shall never forget it, sir," she heard Winthrop say.
"I do not wish that," said the naturalist. "What for should you remember it? it is good for nozing."
"Is that boy studying Latin and Greek?" said Elizabeth as she and Mr. Herder walked up to the house together.
"That boy? That boy is a very smart boy."
"But is he studying Greek?"
"What makes you ask so?"