"The fact is," he said a little while after, — "I don't know exactly what I am fittest for."
"You would be fit for anything if you did," answered his brother.
"Why?"
"You would be an uncommonly wise man."
"You might be that with very little trouble, for you are the fittest for everything of anybody I know."
Winthrop studied his books, and Rufus walked perseveringly.
"You hold to taking up law?"
"I will, when I begin it," said Winthrop.
"Where?"
"Where what?"