"At first. But if one 'spots' this clever trick of nature and one is convinced that nothing, nothing on earth is worth struggling for—what then?"
"That it's a very foolish state of mind to get into, and the sooner you get out of it the better."
"You said just now there was the pleasure of getting. I know something better."
"And that?"
"The pleasure of forgetting."
He glanced meaningly at her.
"Are you forgetting now?" she asked.
"Can you ask?"
Mavis blushed; she bent down to pat Jill in order to conceal the pleasure his words gave her.
"Tell me what Archie Windebank said about me," she presently said.