THE INQUISITIVE CHILD. Uncle, which side won?
UNCLE. I suppose the side that advanced across the bridges.
CHILD. Which side _would_ have won if it had been a _real_ battle?
UNCLE. I really couldn't undertake to say, my boy.
CHILD. But which do you _think_ would have won?
UNCLE. I suppose the side that fought best.
CHILD. But which side was _that_? (_The_ Uncle _begins to find that the
society of an intelligent Nephew entails too severe a mental strain to
be frequently cultivated_.)