104
Heartbreak House
ELLIE
. And I’m only just beginning.
CAPTAIN SHOTOVER
. Yes; so look ahead.
ELLIE
. Well, I think I am being very prudent.
CAPTAIN SHOTOVER
. I didn’t say prudent. I said look
ahead.
ELLIE
. What’s the difference?
CAPTAIN SHOTOVER
. It’s prudent to gain the whole
world and lose your own soul. But don’t forget that your
soul sticks to you if you stick to it; but the world has a way of
slipping through your fingers.
ELLIE
[
wearily, leaving him and beginning to wander rest-
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