"It means--it means--oh I don't quite know, but I'm sure I do know." "Think of it as meaning the not saying or doing to another person whatever in that other's place you would not like said or done to you--that is _one_ meaning of tact anyway, and a very good one.

Will you try to remember it, Molly ?" Molly opened her eyes.
"Yes, grandmother dear, I will try.

But I _think_ all that will be rather hard to remember, because you see people don't feel the same.

My head isn't twisty-turny enough to understand things like that, quickly.

I like better to go bump at them, quite straight." "Without, in nine cases out of ten, the faintest idea what you are going to go bump straight at," said aunty, laughing.