In this excerpt from Alice Gerstenberg’s Fourteen, which lines reflect the idea of how fickle, or quick to change their minds, some 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!