17/27 I have known many instances of women becoming sincerely attached to sensible men." "You don't know how overpoweringly sensible Christopher is. He is so wise that he never makes a joke unless it has some point in it." "There is no harm in that, my dear. I never see the point of a joke myself, I admit; but I like to know that there is one." "And when he goes for a walk with a girl, he never talks nonsense to her," continued Elisabeth, "but treats her exactly as if she were his maiden aunt." "But why should he talk nonsense to her? Is Mr.Thornley well off ?" "No. His uncle, Mr.Smallwood, is the general manager of our works; and Christopher has only his salary as sub-manager, and what his uncle may leave him. |