I began to
realize how, in loving everybody, she missed a certain enjoyment derived
from a more selfish order of love. It then occurred to me that a world
full of such people as Mona must have rather a monotonous time from our
point of view, and I asked her if she could tell me about her race in
general respecting the subject of our conversation.
"Certainly," she replied, "I can tell you something from my own
recollections, but more from our traditions."
"Well, were the men of the moon all sensible, or were they all like me?"
"Oh, I see you have a little sense as soon as you begin to talk in a new
direction. In answer to your question, let me say that the stress you have
put on our personal relations is something entirely new to me, and I do
not see any use or advantage in it. This must be my excuse for speaking so
plainly. I should not have spoken so had I not known, in spite of what I
have said, that you had too much sense to be offended."
"I thank you," I said. "Do not apologize for your words.
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