TWO ON A TOUR
Now that that experience is over, with the many others, we are at sea and quiet again, with one tranquil day just like the other.
“What a honeymoon journey it would make, Charlotte!” said Dolly one moonlight evening on deck. “It is so difficult to grow in knowledge of people in New York or Washington. One does n’t even know one’s self.”
“All journeys must be good for honeymooners, don’t you think?”
“Yes, in a way; but some places are created for lovers and newlyweds, who are, after all, only explorers, Charlotte, forever discovering new lands and annexing new territories.”
“Yes; and sometimes falling into the hands of savages and cannibals, I suppose.”
“Yes; that must be terrible—the awakening to find that one has been mistaken in a man!” sighed Dolly.
“I dare say we ought to worry lest men be mistaken in us; it might happen, you know.”
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