"Because, with all your money, you never will be happy."

"And what the d--l do I care for happiness? I am not such a fool as
to expect it; and yet after all, 'Out of the mouths of babes and
sucklings.' Pshaw! I am a fool nevertheless to waste words on you.
Stop! What do you think of my park, and the animals? I notice you
often come here."

"The first time I saw it I thought of Noah and the ark, with two of
every living thing; but an hour ago it seemed to me more like the
garden of Eden, where the animals all lay down together in peace,
before sin came into it."

"And Ali and I entered, like Satan, and completed the vision? Thank
you, considering the fact that you are on my premises, and know
something of my angelic, sanctified temper, I must say you indulge
in bold flights of imagery."

"I did not say that, sir."

"You thought it nevertheless. Don't be hypocritical! Is not that
what you thought of?"

She made no reply, and anxious to terminate an interview painfully
embarrassing to her, stepped forward to pick up the history which
lay on the grass.

"What book is that?"

She handed it to him, and the leaves happened to open at a picture