“If you were in the place of the woman,” asked the playful grandfather with a smile on his face, “whom would you select?” Antonio timidlv said that he would select the brother.
“You are only guessing, aren’t you?” said old Julian doubtfully.
“Bah! No, sir!” said the boy. “I can give you a reason for my selection.”
“Very well, give your reason, then.”
“The woman would be right in selecting her brother”—
“Because”—
“Because, what to a woman is a husband? She can marry again; she can find another.”
“That is true,” said the old man.
“And what to a woman is her son? Is it not possible to bear another one after she marries again?”
“To be sure,” said old Julian.