15/18 The hare was full of energy, but he didn't win the race. The man who stands still is the man who keeps his ground." "You don't stand still when you're out hunting." "No;--I ride about, and Chiltern swears at me. Every man is a fool sometimes." "And your wisdom, perfect at all other times, breaks down in the hunting-field ?" "I don't in the least mind your chaffing. I know what you think of me just as well as though you told me." "What do I think of you ?" "That I'm a poor creature, generally half asleep, shallow-pated, slow-blooded, ignorant, useless, and unambitious." "Certainly unambitious, Mr.Maule." "And that word carries all the others. What's the good of ambition? |