Note 8 — Comments on Some of the Characters
Reading edition · Edition 5
Praed alludes to this affection of the "salad days" of youth in The Belle of the Ball-room:—
"Through sunny May, through sultry June, I loved her with a love eternal."
That is about the average span of its "eternity." In Romeo's case it did not last even two months, as we may infer from the fact (i. 1. 136) that his parents have not found out the cause of it, and from what his friends say about it.