Novels and Tales

ISBN: 9781331379911 出版年：2018 页码：537 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Forgotten Books

That may very well he, replied Edward, with people who live on without looking where they are going; but not, surely, with persons whom experience has taught to under stand themselves. That understanding ourselves, my dearest husband, in sisted Charlotte, is no such certain weapon. It is very often a most dangerous one for the person who bears it. And out of all this, at least so much seems to arise, that we should not be in too great a hurry. Let me have a few days to think; don't decide. As the matter stands, returned Edward, wait as many days as we will, we shall still be in too great a hurry. The arguments for and against are all before us; all we want is the conclusion, and as things are, I think the best thing we can do is to draw lots. I know, said Charlotte, that in doubtful cases it is your way to leave them to chance. To me, in such a serious matter, this seems almost a crime. Then what am I to write to the Captain? Cried Edward for write I must at once.