George believed in her and she was very shabbily rewarding his trust.
"I'm surprised to hear you moralizing.

It's not a habit of yours," she remarked.
"No," said Herbert, pointedly; "though it may now and then make one feel a little uncomfortable, it seldom does much good.

But we were talking about George.

He tells me that winter's beginning unusually soon; they've had what he calls a severe cold snap and the prairie's deep with snow.

He bought some more stock and young horses as an offset to the bad harvest, and he's doubtful whether he has put up hay enough.