[To show that the chairman may safely confide in his own power to manage
such poor material as the person who tells the story assumes himself to
be.]
"And now what is it?" asked the sage, as the young man timidly approached.
"Pray, tell me," asked the youth, "does a woman marry a man because of
her confidence in the man, or because of her confidence in her ability to
manage him?" For once the sage had to take the question under advisement.