"I understand it, I think," I said.
"And do not share it at all?"
"No, Mr. Marshall. Of course, the mountain is great, and I am small; but the purity, and the glory, - that is not beyond reach; and no human being ought to be insignificant, and none need be."
"Not if his life is insignificant?"
"Nobody's life ought to be that," I answered.
"How can it be helped, in the case of many a one?"
"Yes indeed," said De Saussure; "there is a question. I should like to hear Miss Randolph answer it."
One spoke lightly and the other earnestly. It was not easy to answer them both.
"I should like to have you define insignificance first," I said.
"Can there be a more significant word?" said Mr. De Saussure.
"It defines itself."