"Why melancholy?" asked Winter.
"Because," rejoined Galliard, "of the contrast between their past and present."
"The strongest proof they were an inferior race," said Langley, "otherwise they would not have given way so rapidly before the Saxons."
"A thoroughly English observation," cried Galliard. "You are poor and powerless, therefore you deserve to be so."
"That's not a fair commentary," said Langley.
"There are two causes, which, to a reflective mind, sufficiently explain, the deterioration of the Celtic race, morally and physically," observed Galliard, thoughtfully.
"And they are?" asked Kate.
"Their quick fancy, and unselfish nature."
"How do you make that out?" said Winter.