It marked him as different from the young men she knew and gave him what she called tone, but it had drawbacks.
"Let me have the reins; I want to drive," she said, and added as the horses trotted across the grass beside the torn-up trail: "You keep a smart team, but they're too light for much work about the farm." "That's so.

Still, you see, I like fast horses." "They have to be paid for," Sadie rejoined.
"Very true, but I don't want to talk about such matters now.

Then I've given up trying to make the farm pay.

When you find a thing's impossible, it's better to let it go." Sadie did not reply.

She meant to talk about this later, but preferred to choose her time.