I'll tell you what;--I'll go and take a walk as far as Denvir Sluice; and I'll be back to tea.
You won't mind ?" "Denvir Sluice is eight miles off." "Exactly,--I'll be there and back in something over three hours." "But, Will,--there's a broiling sun." "It will do me good.

Anything that will take something out of me is what I want.

I know I ought to stay and read to you; but I couldn't do it.

I've got the fidgets inside, if you know what that means.

To have the big hay-rick on fire, or something of that sort, is what would do me most good." Then he started, and did walk to Denvir Sluice and back in three hours.