Secrecy has this disadvantage: we lose the sense of proportion; we cannot tell whether our secret is important or not. Were Lucy and her cousin closeted with a great thing which would destroy Cecil's life if he discovered it, or with a little thing which he would laugh at? Miss Bartlett suggested the former. Perhaps she was right. It had become a great thing now. 保密有這樣的缺點：我們不知道孰輕孰重，我們沒法判斷我們的秘密重大與否。Lucy和她的表親之間是有一個重大的秘密，重大到Cecil知道的話會毀掉他的生活的秘密，還是有一個只會讓他發(fā)笑的小秘密。Bartlett女士傾向前者。可能她是對的?，F(xiàn)在它已經(jīng)變成干系重大的事情了。