“I think we would be if we had time,” said Norval (who was the thinking one of the three), “only we are going so fast that there’s no time to be frightened.”
“Perhaps it’s because we’re asleep like Alice, after all,” said Ranulf, looking very wise.
“Oh no; because you see when people are asleep they are still, and we are going so fast that it would be sure to wake us,” replied Jaques.
“But we can be still and go fast all the same, can’t we?” said Ranulf.
“Oh no, you silly!” said Jaques.
“Oh yes,” said Ranulf; “because we can go still faster; and if we can go still faster, why can’t we go still fast?”
“Oh yes, to be sure,” said Jaques; “and besides, of course, a man can be fast and still at the same time, for if he is made fast with rope he must be still.”
“And we are going fast still,” said Norval, as the bicycles flew on; “but I don’t see yet how we can be still and fast both.”
A STEADY SWELL.