"She was calling at Wimpole Street, on Lady Brand's
'at home' day. And Dicky stood talking to me, in his black velvets
and white waistcoat, a miniature edition of Sir Deryck. He indicated
Mrs. Do-and-don't on a distant lounge, and remarked: 'THAT lady
never KNOWS; she always THINKS. I asked her if her little girl might
come to my party, and she said: "I think so." Now if she had asked
ME if I was coming to HER party, I should have said: "Thank you; I
am." It is very trying when people only THINK about important
things, such as little girls and parties; because their thinking
never amounts to much. It does not so much matter what they think
about other things--the weather, for instance; because that all
happens, whether they think or not. Mummie asked that lady whether
it was raining when she got here; and she said: "I THINK not." I
can't imagine why Mummie always wants to know what her friends think
about the weather. I have heard her ask seven ladies this afternoon
whether it is raining.
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