“‘Sure, I always thought there was only a man in the moon,’ ses I.
“‘There’s a lady there too, but don’t tell any one,’ ses he.
“‘Are you afraid any one might run away with her?’ ses I.
“‘Well, I am and I am not,’ ses he.
“‘When did you discover that there was a lady in the moon?’ ses I.
“‘Years and years ago when I was a young man of three sixes,’ ses he.
“‘The Lord save us all!’ ses I. ‘And you never told the scientists about it?’
“‘I did not,’ ses he. ‘They should have found it out for themselves. There’s many a thing that the scientists don’t know, and many a thing that the clergy don’t know, and many a thing that the very wisest of us don’t know, but there is one thing that we all know,’ ses he.
“‘And what is that?’ ses I.
“‘Some day we will all be as dead as decency. But nevertheless it doesn’t make us treat each other a bit better,’ ses he.