"You men! Where would you be if it weren't for the women!" "Read the _Symposium_," said Ridley grimly.
"_Symposium_ ?" cried Mrs.Flushing.

"That's Latin or Greek?
Tell me, is there a good translation ?" "No," said Ridley.

"You will have to learn Greek." Mrs.Flushing cried, "Ah, ah, ah! I'd rather break stones in the road.

I always envy the men who break stones and sit on those nice little heaps all day wearin' spectacles.

I'd infinitely rather break stones than clean out poultry runs, or feed the cows, or--" Here Rachel came up from the lower garden with a book in her hand.
"What's that book ?" said Ridley, when she had shaken hands.
"It's Gibbon," said Rachel as she sat down.
"_The_ _Decline_ _and_ _Fall_ _of_ _the_ _Roman_ _Empire_ ?" said Mrs.
Thornbury.