“ I am always at a loss to know how much to believe of my own stories. ”
I profess not to know how women's hearts are wooed and won. To me they have always been matters of riddle and admiration.
~ Washington Irving
Balt Van Tassel was an easy indulgent soul; he loved his daughter better even than his pipe, and, like a reasonable man and an excellent father, let her have her way in everything.
...ducks and geese are foolish things, and must be looked after, but girls can take care of themselves.
Such were our minor preparations for the journey, but above all we laid in an ample stock of good-humour, and a genuine disposition to be pleased; determining to travel in true contrabandista style; taking things as we found them, rough or smooth, and mingling with all classes and conditions in a kind of vagabond companionship. It is the true way to travel in Spain.
