“Come in, Captain, it is time for a reading lesson.”
He sat down beside her, took the book and read—almost a page.
[pg 66] “If you do not care for the book read this.” She handed him a card, marked in the upper left-hand corner, “Lesson No. 1,” and he read:
“Chi si marita alla svelta si pente Adagio.”
“Translate; I do not read Italian, or is it Spanish?”
“Teacher, I do not want to.”
“If you do not I will send you home.”
“Well, here goes: ‘Marry in haste and repent at leisure’.”
“Just such sentiment as I expected. May I ask if you are speaking from European experience?”
“No, merely quoting an absurd axiom.”