But what a stupid I have been!" "You mean in allowing yourself to be carried off by the raft, and then losing it, and getting arrested, and running off with the Sheriff's skiff, and letting it go adrift with your coat in it, and shipping aboard some craft that your dear mother calls the _Mantel-piece_ for a cruise down the river, instead of getting along home and relieving the anxiety of your distressed parents, to say nothing of that of your aged uncle.

Yes, it does seem to me that in this instance the general brilliancy of the family is somewhat clouded." "I don't mean anything of the kind," answered Winn, stoutly.

"All these things might have happened to any one, even to an uncle of your advanced years and wisdom.

So I am sure I don't consider them proofs of stupidity.

The only stupid thing that I am willing to acknowledge is that I didn't recognize Bim, after I'd been told there was a dog of that name here, too.