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With what joy they said to each other: "No doubt, no doubt, it /was/ the hare!" "Mariette over-seasoned it," said mademoiselle. "I am always telling her to do so lightly for my uncle and for me; but Mariette has no more memory than " "The hare," said Josette. "Just so," replied Mademoiselle; "she has no more memory than a hare, a very just remark."
Nevertheless, we will not forswear ourselves, we will not repair our shanty till twenty years are gone! As for allowing that there could be any fault in our workmanship, that our inexperienced joinery can have been the cause of the shanty's premature decay, that, even Old Colonial says, is ridiculous. No, the wood was unseasoned; or, perhaps, it was over-seasoned.
Like all her compeers, she "found the place harder nor she had been give to onderstand, but was willin' to do her best, seein' she had come." Her best was sometimes sour bread, sometimes burned biscuits, generally weak, muddy coffee, always under-seasoned vegetables and over-seasoned soup.
Ornament should be unobtrusive, and never smack of elaboration, if it is not to remind us of over-seasoned dishes.
With what joy they said to each other: "No doubt, no doubt, it was the hare!" "Mariette over-seasoned it," said mademoiselle. "I am always telling her to do so lightly for my uncle and for me; but Mariette has no more memory than " "The hare," said Josette. "Just so," replied Mademoiselle; "she has no more memory than a hare, a very just remark."
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