Malvina of Brittany (Classics To Go)

(Excerpt): The Doctor never did believe this story but claims for it that to a great extent it has altered his whole outlook on life. Of course what actually happened—what took place under my own nose continued the Doctor I do not dispute. And then there is the case of Mrs. Marigold. That was unfortunate I admit and still is especially for Marigold. But standing by itself it proves nothing. These fluffy giggling women—as often as not it is a mere shell that they shed with their first youth—one never knows what is underneath. With regard to the others the whole thing rests upon a simple scientific basis. The idea was in the air as we say—a passing brain-wave. And when it had worked itself out there was an end of it. As for all this Jack-and-the-Beanstalk tomfoolery—.”