In this excerpt from Alice Gerstenberg’s Fourteen, which lines reflect the idea of how fickle, or quick to change their minds, s
ome people can be? ELAINE: [Following.] But mother, wasn’t it nice of Oliver Farnsworth to send a Prince in his place?
MRS. PRINGLE: Didn’t I always say that Oliver Farnsworth was the most considerate of men?
ELAINE: I think I shall like Mr. Farnsworth.
MRS. PRINGLE: Silly child! It is too late now to like Mr. Farnsworth. It’s time now to like the Prince. [Starting out.] I always manage somehow to be the most successful of hostesses! Thank God for the blizzard!
MRS. PRINGLE: Silly child! It is too late now to like Mr. Farnsworth. It’s time now to like the Prince. [Starting out.] I always manage somehow to be the most successful of hostesses! Thank God for the blizzard!
Explanation:
I believe that this would be the line showing how easily people change their minds because Mrs. Pringle went from talking about Oliver in a good tone, to say it was too late to like him!
The correct answer is “Didn’t I always say that Oliver Farnsworth was the most considerate of men?” And “It is too late now to like Mr.Fransworth.It’s time to like the prince!”