20/27 "Do you remember how angry I was when you wanted me to skate with Miss Nellie ?" "Oh, I only said that to teaze you," Mrs.Goddard answered. "I daresay you would be angry now, if I suggested the same thing." "No," said John quietly. "I do not believe I should be. As you say, I feel very much older now than I did then." "The older we grow the more we like youth," said Mary Goddard, unconsciously uttering one of the fundamental truths of human nature, and at the same time so precisely striking the current of John's thoughts that he started. He was wondering within himself why it was that she now seemed too old for him, whereas a few short months ago she had seemed to be of his own age. |