A JOURNEY TO NATURE 



Griselle would be getting married ? &quot; I asked 

 the Doctor. 



&quot; A general instinct of her sex,&quot; he replied 

 vaguely. &quot; A girl like Griselle is not apt to die 

 an old maid.&quot; 



&quot;What kind of a man do you suppose she will 

 be apt to marry ? &quot; 



&quot; I can tell you better,&quot; said the Doctor, &quot; the 

 kind of a man she will not marry. It will be the 

 kind you have fixed in your mind that she ought 

 to marry.&quot; 



We were walking along the grassy path by the 

 side of the road rather briskly, and at this speech 

 I stopped short ; and the Doctor doing the same 

 thing, we both stood there a moment, looking 

 each other in the face. 



&quot; Did you mean that for a warning, or is it one 

 of your glittering generalities ? &quot; 



&quot; I meant it for a conclusion, based upon ob 

 served facts. You have of course allowed your 

 self to fall in love with Griselle.&quot; 



&quot; Why do you say, c of course ? &quot; 



&quot; Because I am better aware than you are of 

 the general tendency of mankind.&quot; 



&quot; Do you mean to say that the general ten 

 dency is to fall in love with Griselle ? &quot; 



&quot; I mean to say that the general tendency, when 

 there is only one girl in sight, is to think that she 

 is the only one in existence.&quot; 



&quot; Oh, rubbish ; you are putting up your feel 

 ings as scientific data.&quot; 



&quot; And you are verifying my suspicions by talk- 

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