Henry Adams Quote

This view of the case amused Esther for a time, but not for long — the matter was too serious for any treatment but a joke, and joking made it more serious still.


Ch. VII - Esther: A Novel (1884)


This view of the case amused Esther for a time, but not for long — the matter was too serious for any treatment but a joke, and joking made it more ...

This view of the case amused Esther for a time, but not for long — the matter was too serious for any treatment but a joke, and joking made it more ...

This view of the case amused Esther for a time, but not for long — the matter was too serious for any treatment but a joke, and joking made it more ...

This view of the case amused Esther for a time, but not for long — the matter was too serious for any treatment but a joke, and joking made it more ...