wrong with you; who is she?"

"She!"

"Ay,--she. That was a wise Eastern king who put at the bottom of every
trouble and mischief a woman."

"Fine estimate."

"Correct one. Evidently he had studied the genus thoroughly, and had a
poor opinion of it."

"No wonder."

"Amazing! _you_ say 'no wonder'! Astounding words! speak them again."

"No wonder,--seeing that he had a mother, and that she had such a son.
He must needs have been a bad fellow or a fool to have originated so
base a philosophy, and how then could he respect the source of such a
stream as himself?"

"Sir Launcelot,--squire of dames!"

"Not Sir Launcelot, but squire of dames, I hope."

"There you go again! Now I shall query once more, who is she?"

"No woman."

"No?"