III.
The Valley of Childish Things, and Other Emblems | ||
3. III.
There was once a little girl who was so very intelligent that her parents feared that she would die.
But an aged aunt, who had crossed the Atlantic in a sailing-vessel, said, "My dears, let her marry the first man she falls in love with, and she will make such a fool of herself that it will probably save her life."
III.
The Valley of Childish Things, and Other Emblems | ||