don't fade the wardrobes nearby, create them ever

than to catch
himself twaddling. It destroys all true ideality; for one may repent of
having been a rascal and one may feel sorry for not having meant a word
of what one said; but to have talked nonsense, sheer nonsense, to have
meant all one said and behold! it was all nonsense - that is too
disgusting for repentance incarnate to put up with. But this is not the
case with woman. She has a prescriptive right to transfigure herself -
in less than twenty-four hours - into the most innocent and pardonable
nonsense; for far is it from her ingenuous soul to wish to deceive one!
Indeed, she meant all she said, and now she says the precise opposite,
but with the same amiable frankness, for now she is willing to stake
everything on what she said last. Now in case a man in all seriousness
surrenders to love he may be called fortunate indeed if he succeeds in
obtaining an insurance - if, indeed, he is able to obtain it anywhere;
for so inflammable a material as woman is most likely to arouse the
suspicions of an insurance agent. Just consider for a moment what he has
done in thus identifying himself with her! If, some fine New Year's
night she goes off like some fireworks he will promptly follow suit; and
even if this should not happen he will have many a close call. And what
may he no