At least, I've a kind of notion there are big things doing.

I only wish I were a man!" "Oh, Miss Brodie, how can you ?" cried "Lily." "Think of us in such a contingency!" "But," said Mr.Rae, "all of this is most interesting, extremely interesting, Mr.Martin.Still, they cannot all arrive at these exalted positions." "No, Mr.Rae.I may have given that impression.

I confess to a little madness when I begin talking Canada." "Ah!" exclaimed "Lily." "But I said men of brawn and brains, you remember." "And bounce, to perfect the alliteration," murmured "Lily." "Yes, bounce, too," said Martin; "at least, he must never take back-water; he must be ready to attempt anything, even the impossible." "That's the splendid thing about it!" cried Miss Brodie.

"You're entirely on your own and you never say die!" "Oh, my dear Miss Brodie," moaned "Lily" in piteous accents, "you are so fearfully energetic! And then, it's all very splendid, but just think of a--of a gentleman having to potter around among butter and cheese, or mess about in muddy cellars! Ugh! Positively GHAWSTLY! I would simply die." "Oh, no, you wouldn't, 'Lily,'" said Martin kindly.

"We have afternoon teas and Browning Clubs, too, you must remember, and some 'cultchaw' and that sort of thing." There was a joyous shout from Dunn.
"But, Mr.Martin," persisted Mr.Rae, whose mind was set in arriving at a solution of the problem in hand, "I have understood that agriculture was the chief pursuit in Canada." "Farming! Yes, it is, but of course that means capital.