"There was little more of interest, but much more of the monotony, which began to pall upon the "Citizens". They had their weekly readings, their weekly theatricals, their daily music, when the weather permitted; but the women grew querulous and got along less amicably together, the children were more troublesome, and Sapper Woods, who sat patiently and carved dolls and horses of wondrous symmetry out of stray pieces of wood, found them less easy to please."

--Pg. 24, from "The Pathless West", Frances Herring.