"
"At all events, you are full of blessedness in those climates, and that
is the end and aim of all action; and if Nature will do it for you,
there is no need of your interference. It is much better to be than
to do;--one is a strife, the other is possession."
"You mean being as the complete attainment? There is only one Being,
then. All the rest of us are"----
"Oh, dear me! that sounds like metaphysics! Don't!"
"So you see, you are not full of blessedness there."
"You ought to have been born in Abelard's time,--you've such a
disputatious spirit. That's I don't know how many times you have
contradicted me to-day."
"Pardon."
"I wonder if you are so easy with all women."
"I don't know many."
"I shall watch to see if you contradict Lu this way."
"I don't need. How absorbed she is! Mr. Dudley is 'interesting'?"
"I don't know. No. But then, Lu is a good girl, and he's her
minister,--a Delphic oracle. She thinks the sun and moon set somewhere
round Mr. Dudley. Oh! I mean to show him my amber."
And I tossed it into Lu's lap, saying,--
"Show it to Mr. Dudley, Lu,--and ask him if it isn't divine!"
Of course, he was shocked, and wouldn't go into ecstasies at all;
tripped on the adjective.
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