"Ay, and a strong heart too," said his father. "He's a fine fellow. He'll do, I guess, in the long run, — at the West or somewhere; and at the West if anywhere, they say. I'm not concerned much about him."
"There's no need, I think," said Winthrop.
"Where's Will? — and what's he doing?"
"Will has just set off for Charleston — on some agency business."
"Charleston in South Carolina?"
"Yes."
"Then he is not engineering now?"
"No."
"How long does he expect to be gone?"
"Some months — more or less; — I don't know."