This view of the case amused Esther for a time, but not for long - the matter was too serious for any treatment but a joke, and joking made it more serious still. (Henry Adams)

This view of the case amused Esther for a time, but not for long - the matter was too serious for any treatment but a joke, and joking made it more serious still.

Henry Adams

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