"come, come, don’t overdo your philosophy. of course you did. now it’s all over, and a good thing, too; pair of fools that we have been! i confess i have never been able to look at it seriously. i busied myself in it for your sake, thinking that there was no knowing what might happen with a funny girl like that to deal with. there were ninety to one chances against it. to this moment i can’t make out why you wished for it."