"You made it up for me, I verily believe." "Yes," said Forester, "I did.

Don't it fit your case pretty well ?" "Why, I don't know," said Marco.

"I don't see why he could not let me have his knife." "Suppose _I_ had asked him for his knife; don't you suppose he would have lent it to me ?" "Yes," said Marco, "I've no doubt he would; he would do any thing for _you_, of course, because you pay him--or uncle pays him, which is the same thing." "I don't think that that is the reason altogether," replied Forester.
"There was the man at the mill to-day, who said that I might take his boat and do any thing I chose to do with it." "Yes," said Marco, "I noticed that." "And perhaps you thought it was very much to his credit that he did so." "Yes," said Marco.
"But the fact is," rejoined Forester, "as I think, it was more to my credit than his; because I have had his boat a great many times heretofore, and his having so much confidence in me now, shows how I have acted with his property before.

I have always taken a great deal of pains to use it carefully, to bring it back to its place safely, to get the water out, if there was any in it, and leave every thing in order.

I have done this, not only because it is just and right that I should not make him suffer inconvenience on account of his doing me a favor, but as a matter of policy." "What do you mean by a matter of policy ?" asked Marco.
"Why, regard to my own interest.