How are they to know what men really are?
They might be gamesters, drunkards, brutal and cruel by nature, idle and spendthrift.

What can maidens know of a man's disposition?
Of course they only see him at his best.

Wise parents can make careful inquiries, and have means of knowing what a man's disposition and habits really are." "You don't think, Adherbal," Thyra said earnestly, "that girls are such fools that they cannot read faces; that we cannot tell the difference between a good man and a bad one." "Yes, a girl may know something about every man save the one she loves, Thyra.

She may see other's faults clearly enough; but she is blind to those of the man she loves.

Do you not know that the Greeks depict Cupid with a bandage over his eyes ?" "I am not blind to your faults," Thyra said indignantly.