“I am of that opinion, myself; but I think we had better have nothing to do with it.”
“That woman in the black domino keeps me on the rack all the time; and I would not be at all surprised if it should turn out that she is at the bottom of all this mysterious game.”
“Suppose we change the subject and let the black domino and her co-conspirators work out their own schemes.”
“Very good. What shall we talk about?”
“Oh, anything for a change.”
“What book is that you hold in your hand?”
“Paradise Lost.”
“I would rather see Paradise found; but how do you like Milton?”
“Too much imagination and not enough sentiment. Such extravagant ideas! Just think of his description of the war in Heaven. He says they plucked up great mountains by the roots and threw them at each other’s heads. Now I think that is a little too extravagant.”
“If you like sentiment, you admire Tom Moore.”