Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London

Saxon shook her head.

"Never in his life. But he knows how to drive horses."

"He showed he wasn't all greenhorn, an' he learns pretty quick."
Here the farmer chuckled and cut himself a chew from a plug of
tobacco. "I reckon he won't tire me out a-settin' here."

The unplowed area grew smaller and smaller, but Billy evinced no
intention of quitting, and his audience on the fence was deep in
conversation. Saxon's questions flew fast and furious, and she
was not long in concluding that the old man bore a striking
resemblance to the description the lineman had given of his
father.