“I should advise you, as a friend, to make yourself very amiable to Ma.”
“I have always,” said Bennett, “had a great respect for Mrs. Folyat.”
“Bah!” answered Minna. “You take yourself much too seriously. You’ll never learn the wisdom of running away.”
“I ran away from you.”
“Of course you did; because I never take you seriously.”
Bennett said with asperity:
“You never take anything seriously. Some day you’ll have to.”
“Pooh!” Minna tossed her head and laughed. “I shall always know when to run away.”
Feeling that the remark was idiotic and inappropriate Bennett closed with:
“The world is very beautiful.”