![]() ![]() She was one of those people who think that, if you say the same thing over and over a great many times, it becomes true in the end. “Romance is dead, Romance is dead, Romance is dead,” she murmured. I heard all about them this morning from a brown-paper cartridge, who happened to be staying in the same drawer as myself, and knew the latest Court news.”īut the Catherine Wheel shook her head. The bride and bridegroom, for instance, love each other very dearly. “Nonsense!” said the Roman Candle, “Romance never dies. I remember myself once-But it is no matter now. They wrote so much about it that nobody believed them, and I am not surprised. “Any place you love is the world to you,” exclaimed a pensive Catherine Wheel, who had been attached to an old deal box in early life, and prided herself on her broken heart “but love is not fashionable any more, the poets have killed it. “The King’s garden is not the world, you foolish squib,” said a big Roman Candle “the world is an enormous place, and it would take you three days to see it thoroughly.” ![]() Travel improves the mind wonderfully, and does away with all one’s prejudices.” Why! if they were real crackers they could not be lovelier. ![]() “The world is certainly very beautiful,” cried a little Squib. So at the end of the King’s garden a great stand had been set up, and as soon as the Royal Pyrotechnist had put everything in its proper place, the fireworks began to talk to each other. ![]()
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