9/27 It's all fool, fool, fool, straight through." "Thanks,--" said Tracy, involuntarily. Go on, please." "As I was saying, fool is printed all over the face." "A body can even read the details." "What do they say ?" "Well, added up, he is a wobbler." "A which ?" "Wobbler. A person that's always taking a firm stand about something or other--kind of a Gibraltar stand, he thinks, for unshakable fidelity and everlastingness--and then, inside of a little while, he begins to wobble; no more Gibraltar there; no, sir, a mighty ordinary commonplace weakling wobbling--around on stilts. That's Lord Berkeley to a dot, you can see it look at that sheep! But,--why are you blushing like sunset! Dear sir, have I unwittingly offended in some way ?" "Oh, no indeed, no indeed. |