"Well, perhaps I'd got all the satisfaction dinner parties and dances and the society at hotels can give.

I knew the men who handle finance and work the wires behind the scenes, but I wanted to know the others who do the strenuous things and keep the country going.

I came, and you helped me to understand the romance of the lakes and woods." Lister did not remember if he had tried to do so and thought he had not.
All the same, the girl was keen and interested.

In summer, it was not hard to feel the lonely sheets of water and tangled bush were touched by romance.

Then, perhaps, everybody felt at times a vague longing for the rude and primitive.