“Rosalie, has it ever struck you you are very pretty?”
“Yes; every now and again it has. But what of that? All the women we saw to-night were pretty. It’s the commonest of all things. If I’d a big hook nose now I might appear imposing. But no; even that is common enough to-day.”
After a pause the frog said: “I heard someone say to-night you were the prettiest woman there.”
“Please, don’t! I’d so much rather you left my personal appearance alone.”
But the frog continued:
“It’s as well for people to think about these things at times. I know many a lovely woman who has been ruined by thinking too much of her beauty in one way, and too little in another. They know they are beautiful, and that knowledge is all-sufficient to them; their food and recreation, and all in all.”
“But I’m not one of those.”
“No. I think you might put yours to much more use than you do.”
“You speak in puzzles.”
“You are not so dull but that with a little consideration you will understand me.”