17/45 "Look at me! I have no conscience, and see how much pleasanter I am!" "You care for no one but yourself," said Gertrude. "You never think that other people have feelings too. No one ever considers me." "Oh, I like to hear you talk," cried Jane ironically. "You are considered a great deal more than is good for you; and the more you are considered the more you want to be considered." "As if," declaimed Agatha theatrically, "increase of appetite did grow by what it fed on. Shakespeare!" "Bother Shakespeare," said Jane, impetuously, "-- old fool that expects credit for saying things that everybody knows! But if you complain of not being considered, Gertrude, how would you like to be me, whom everybody sets down as a fool? |