"No, not much," said Matilda. "But still—it may not be history to other people, but I think it is to one's self."
"What?"
"Oh, one's life, you know."
"But ten years is not a life," said Norton.
"It is, if one hasn't lived any longer."
"I would like my life to be history to other people," said Norton. "Something worth while."
"I wouldn't like other people to know my life, though," said Matilda.
"Then could not help it, if it was something worth while," said Norton.
"Why, yes, Norton; one's life is what one thinks and feels; what nobody knows. Not the things that everybody knows."
"It is what one does," said Norton; "and if you do anything worth while, people will know it. I wonder what there will be to tell of you and me fifty years from now?"