An engagement
is so potent a thing that sooner or later it reduces all who speak of
it to this state of cheerful awe. Away from it, in the solitude of
their rooms, Mr. Beebe, and even Freddy, might again be critical. But
in its presence and in the presence of each other they were sincerely
hilarious. It has a strange power, for it compels not only the lips,
but the very heart. The chief parallel —to compare one great thing
with another— is the power over us of a temple of some alien creed.
Standing outside, we deride or oppose it, ot at the most feel
sentimental. Inside, though the saints and gods are not ours, we
become true believers, in case any true believe should be present.
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