'Some people think too much.'
'Why?'
'I don't know why, I am sure. It's their nature, I suppose.'
'What harm, Pitt?'
'You keep a fire going anywhere, and it will burn up what is next to it.'
'Is thought like fire?'
'So far, it is. What were you thinking about, Queen Esther?'
'I had been wanting to ask you about it, Pitt,' the girl said, a little with the air of one who is rousing herself up to give a confidence. 'I was looking for something and I did not know where to find it.'
'Looking for what?'
'I remembered, mamma said people could always find comfort in the
Bible; but I did not know how to look for it.'