It was not your fault and I am not hurt.

Which teaches me a lesson, I hope.

What is the moral ?--don't attempt to caress the impossible ?--or something similarly senseless," she added gaily.

And turning on the crouching lynx: "Bad Tommy! Wicked, treacherous, _bad_--no! _Poor_ old Tom! You are quite right.

I'd do the same if I were trapped and anybody tried to patronize me.