In a world where all is unstable, and nought can endure, but is swept onwards at once in the hurrying whirlpool of change; where a man, if he is to keep erect at all, must always be advancing and moving, like an acrobat on a rope--in such a world, happiness in inconceivable.
asked Helen, as she moved back with the young acrobat in conformity with the officer's order.
Anyway, I expect to be Andy the Acrobat for a long while to come."