_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._)
* * * * *