CHAPTER X.
LOOKING BACK.
Then you seriously suppose, doctor, that gardening is good for the constitution?
I do.

For kings, lords, and commons.

Grow your own cabbages.

Sow your own turnips, and if you wish for a gray head, cultivate carrots.
THOMAS HOOD.
Conceit is not encouraged in the country.

Your level is decided for you, and the public opinion is soon reported as something you should know.
As a witty spinster once remarked: "It's no use to fib about your age in your native village.