For an instant Mrs. Arrowpoint's glance was a little sharper, but the perilous resemblance to satire in the last sentence took the hue of girlish simplicity when Gwendolen added,
"I would give anything to write a book!"
"And why should you not?" said Mrs. Arrowpoint, encouragingly. "You have but to begin as I did. Pen, ink, and paper are at everybody's command. But I will send you all I have written with pleasure."

For an instant Mrs. Arrowpoint's glance was a little sharper, but Gwendolen appeared more simple than satirical when she added, "I would give anything to write a book!"
"And why should you not?" said Mrs. Arrowpoint, encouragingly. "Pen and paper are at everybody's command. But I will send you all I have written with pleasure."
