I'll just go home and get a bite to keep up my strength." "You can have your dinner here.

It will be ready in half an hour." "Just so." "All right," said Andy; "I'm agreeable." "Do you live in the village ?" "I do now.

My mother lives up the road a bit." "Very well.

Go and split some wood, and we'll call you in to dinner.
You'll find the ax and the saw in the shed." Andy found the articles referred to, and straight-way went to work.

He was really a "smart boy to work," as the phrase is, and he went to work with a will.