It is a mistake to make mistakes." "I remember our Dear Lady at Fox How once saying," continued the girl, "that nothing is so good for keeping women from making mistakes as a sense of humour." "I wonder if she was right ?" "She was always right; and in that as in everything else.

Have you never noticed that it is not the women with a sense of humour who make fools of themselves?
They know better than to call a thing romantic which is really ridiculous." "Possibly; but they are sometimes in danger of calling a thing ridiculous which is really romantic; and that also is a mistake." "I suppose it is.

I wonder which is worse--to think ridiculous things romantic, or romantic things ridiculous?
It is rather an interesting point.

Which do you think ?" "I don't know.

I never thought about it." "You never do think about things that really matter," exclaimed Elisabeth, with reproof in her voice; "that is what makes you so uninteresting to talk to.