"Well, what has Trenton to do with the trouble?"

"Everything, my dear--everything."

"I see how it is. Trenton visited the Shawenegan?"

"He did."

"And he wants to go there again?"

"He does."

"And you have gone and promised him the canoe for to-morrow?"

"The intuition of woman, my dear, is the most wonderful thing on earth."

"It is not half so wonderful as the negligence of man--I won't say the
stupidity."

"Thank you, Jennie, for not saying it, but I really think I would feel
better if you did."

"Now, what are you going to do about it?"

"Well, my dear, strange as it may appear, that very question has been
racking my brain for the last ten minutes. Now, what would you do in my
position?"

"Oh, I couldn't be in your position."