8/53 So it could have been nothing serious. Love alone is serious; and it sometimes comes slowly, sometimes goes slowly; but if you desire it to come quickly, close your eves! And if you wish it to vanish, _reason about it_! "We are on very safe ground again, Phil; you see we are making little epigrams about love. It is likely I'd do that, isn't it!--but I don't care what she thinks. Besides, it behooves her to be agreeable, and she knows that I know it does! _Voila_! "By the way, I saw Mrs.Gerard's pretty ward at the theatre last night--Miss Erroll. She certainly is stunning--" Selwyn flattened out the letter and deliberately tore out the last paragraph. |