You won't laugh, I know.

You're not the sort.

I know you're clever and thoughtful, and all that; you could tell me more than all the parsons put together.

I know you're clever; my wife says so.

She says only a very clever woman would wear such boots and hats!" Bernardine smiled.
"Well," she said kindly, "tell me." "You must have thought a good deal, I suppose," he continued, "about life and death, and that sort of thing.