"The moon is irrepressible out here," remarked Mr. Lisle, "she seems always to the fore."
"So much the better," replied Helen, "these Eastern nights are splendid. I wonder, by-the-way, why the moon has always been spoken of by the feminine gender."
"As the Lady Moon? Oh! that question is easily answered:—Because she is never the same two days running."
"Now, Mr. Lisle, I call that rude—a base reflection on my sex. I don't believe we are half as changeable as yours.
" 'One foot on sea and one on shore,
To one thing constant never.'
Pray, to whom does that refer?" and she looked at him interrogatively.
"I could give you a dozen quotations on the other side, but I will spare you; it is my opinion that women are as changeable as weathercocks."
"An opinion founded on your own experience?"
"Well, no, I am wise; I profit by the experience of my friends."