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`` I feel tempted to agree with you , '' Millicent rejoined , wishing that she need not press on to the main point , for English Jim promised to afford the sort of entertainment which she enjoyed . `` But a man of your frame of mind must find scanty opportunity for considering such questions among the mountains . '' `` That is so , '' was the rueful answer . `` We commence our toil at daybreak , and too often continue until midnight . There are times when the monotony jars upon a sensitive mind , as the camp cooking does upon a sensitive palate . But our chief never expects more from us than he will do himself , and is generous in rewarding meritorious service . '' `` So I should suppose , '' commented Millicent .