ten to one
in summer
`` It 's the heat , '' said Adkins . `` It 's something awful in the city these '' -- `` Nonsense ! '' said the other . `` The city beats the country ten to one in summer . Fools go out tramping in muddy brooks and wear themselves out trying to catch little fish as long as your finger . Stay in town and keep comfortable -- that 's my idea . '' `` Some letters just came , '' said Adkins .