“Do you know the moral of that remark of yours?”
“Moral? Heaven forbid! I don’t make moral remarks,” replied Arthur.
“This time you have done it,” she said, smiling; “you have made a remark with a moral. I’m going, and I leave it with you as a legacy. The moral is, If goddesses never marry, don’t fall in love with a goddess.”
She put out her hand to him as she spoke. He involuntarily took it, and they shook hands warmly.
“Good-morning, Mr. Merlin,” she said. “Remember the Round Table to-morrow evening.”
She was gone, and Arthur Merlin sank into the chair she had just left.
“Oh Heavens!” said he, “did she understand or not?”