Professor. No, not usually.
Elfrida. Grandpapa, if you were ever able to find one—wouldn’t it be grand?
Professor. Would it, my dear?
Elfrida. Did you ever try?
Professor. Once I did, for a short time. But if I were to, no one would believe me.
Elfrida. Oh, but if you found it and showed it to them, they’d have to.
Professor. Yes, I suppose they would, my dear.
Elfrida. And then you’d be ever such a great person—much greater than you are now!
Professor. But my dear, you—you don’t understand. If people were told that Professor Braintree believed in fairies—why, they would laugh!
Elfrida. You’d laugh, too—but you could laugh longer than they would.