The question for me, therefore, is, Is this the beginning of a tempestuous, surging passion?
But stop; does such a passion have a beginning?
Should it not be in flood before we know what we are about?
I don't want you to answer.
[Illustration] "One of my difficulties is that I cannot reason from experience.

I cannot say to myself, During the spring of 1886, and again in October, 1888, your breast has known the insurgence of a tempestuous passion.

Do you now note the same symptoms?
Have you experienced a sudden sinking at the heart, followed by thrills of exultation?
Now I cannot even say that my appetite has fallen off, but I am smoking more than ever, and it is notorious that I experience sudden chills and thrills.

Is this passion?
No, I am not done; I have only begun.
[Illustration] "In 'As You Like It,' you remember, the love symptoms are described at length.

But is _Rosalind_ to be taken seriously?
Besides, though she wore boy's clothes, she had only the woman's point of view.