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“ Perhaps , ” she said , rather haughtily . “ I cannot tell to what level I may sink . ” Celia blushed , and was unhappy : she saw that she had offended her sister , and dared not say even anything pretty about the gift of the ornaments which she put back into the box and carried away . Dorothea too was unhappy , as she went on with her plan - drawing , questioning the purity of her own feeling and speech in the scene which had ended with that little explosion . Celia’s consciousness told her that she had not been at all in the wrong : it was quite natural and justifiable that she should have asked that question , and she repeated to herself that Dorothea was inconsistent : either she should have taken her full share of the jewels , or , after what she had said , she should have renounced them altogether . “ I am sure — at least , I trust , ” thought Celia , “ that the wearing of a necklace will not interfere with my prayers . And I do not see that I should be bound by Dorothea’s opinions now we are going into society , though of course she herself ought to be bound by them . But Dorothea is not always consistent . ” Thus Celia , mutely bending over her tapestry , until she heard her sister calling her . “ Here , Kitty , come and look at my plan ; I shall think I am a great architect , if I have not got incompatible stairs and fireplaces . ” As Celia bent over the paper , Dorothea put her cheek against her sister’s arm caressingly . Celia understood the action . Dorothea saw that she had been in the wrong , and Celia pardoned her . Since they could remember , there had been a mixture of criticism and awe in the attitude of Celia’s mind towards her elder sister . The younger had always worn a yoke ; but is there any yoked creature without its private opinions ? CHAPTER II . “ ‘ Dime ; no ves aquel caballero que hacia nosotros viene sobre un caballo rucio rodado que trae puesto en la cabeza un yelmo de oro ? ’ ‘ Lo que veo y columbro , ’ respondio Sancho , ‘ no es sino un hombre sobre un as no pardo como el mio , que trae sobre la cabeza una cosa que relumbra . ’ ‘ Pues ese es el yelmo de Mambrino , ’ dijo Don Quijote . ” — CERVANTES . “ ‘ Seest thou not yon cavalier who cometh toward us on a dapple - gray steed , and weareth a golden helmet ? ’ ‘ What I see , ’ answered Sancho , ‘ is nothing but a man on a gray ass like my own , who carries something shiny on his head . ’ ‘ Just so , ’ answered Don Quixote : ‘ and that resplendent object is the helmet of Mambrino . ’ ”
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