"And yet I would sooner live in Cambridgeshire," were the first words he spoke.
"Why so?"
"Partly because all beauty is best enjoyed when it is sought for with some trouble and difficulty, and partly because such beauty, and the romance which is attached to it, should not make up the staple of one's life. Romance, if it is to come at all, should always come by fits and starts."
"I should like to live in a pretty country."
"And would like to live a romantic life,--no doubt; but all those things lose their charm if they are made common. When a man has to go to Vienna or St. Petersburg two or three times a month, you don't suppose he enjoys travelling?"
"All the same, I should like to live in a pretty country," said Alice.

"And yet I would sooner live in Cambridgeshire," he said.
"Why so?"
"Partly because such beauty and romance should not make up the staple of one's life. Romance, if it is to come at all, should always come by fits and starts."
"I should like to live in a pretty country."
"And would like to live a romantic life; but all those things lose their charm if they are made common. When a man has to go to Vienna or St. Petersburg two or three times a month, you don't suppose he enjoys travelling?"
"All the same, I should like to live in a pretty country," said Alice.
