6/27 The capacity for frivolity is always there. You are reconciled just now to other things; that man is a beast all right. Oh, yes; this is reaction, Dolly. The idea is to hang on to this conservatism when it becomes stupid and irksome; when you're tired and discouraged, and when you want to be amused and be in bright, attractive places; and when you're lonesome--" "Lonesome ?" "Certainly you'll be lonesome if you're good." "Am I not to see you ?" "I'll be in the backwoods working for a living--" "Yes, but when you come to New York ?" "Sure thing." "Often ?" "As often as it's advisable," he said pleasantly. "I want you to make friends at school; I want you to have lots of them. |