"My dears," here interrupted Mrs. Pryor, "does it not strike you that your conversation for the last ten minutes has been rather fanciful?" "But there is no harm in our fancies; is there, ma'am?" "We are aware that mermaids do not exist; why speak of them as if they did? How can you find interest in speaking of a nonentity?"
I'm with Mrs. Pryor. When people start talking about mermaids in their favorite books I check out. 😂
