"Nothing, of course, but they're as brave as we are, Mark—but even the best of them is inclined to—well, given to dissembling."
"Has someone been makin' a fool of you, Jim?"
"Not at all."
"Maybe not—but the woods is the place for us, Jim."
"He's got a cut in his leg that'll keep him right here for a week or so," said Flora, smiling.
Old Hercules Ducat chuckled.
"When I was a young feller," he began—but at that moment the conversation became general and no one but Widow Wilson heard what he had to say.