Monday or Tuesday and Other Short Stories (The Original Unabridged 1921 Edition of 8 Short Fiction Stories)

We were very young. You can judge of our simplicity when I tell you that before parting that night we agreed that the objects of life were to produce good people and good books.

But now that we can read, what prevents us from judging the results? Before we bring another child into the world we must swear that we will find out what the world is like."

"Why," she asked, "if men write such rubbish as this, should our mothers have wasted their youth in bringing them into the world?"