2/22 The one she likes the best." "And when will ye be marrying yourself ?" "I am not going to marry, Mother. I would marry Wisdom, if I could!" "Hoot! she stays single! Do ye love the hunt of Wisdom so ?" "Aye, I do. But it's a long, long chase--and to tell you the truth, at times I think she's just a wraith! And at times I am lazy and would just sit in the sun and be a fool." "Like to-day ?" "Like to-day. And so," said Alexander, rising, "as I feel that way, I'll e'en be going on!" "I'm thinking that maist of the wise have inner tokens by which they ken the fule. I was ne'er afraid of folly," said Mother Binning. |