She was still more stirred
by the idea of the equal citizenship of men and women, by the realization that a
big and growing organization of women were giving form and a generalized
expression to just that personal pride, that aspiration for personal freedom and
respect which had brought her to London; but when she heard Miss Miniver
discoursing on the next step in the suffrage campaign, or read of women
badgering Cabinet Ministers, padlocked to railings, or getting up in a public
meeting to pipe out a demand for votes and be carried out kicking and
screaming, her soul revolted. "Why, this is your writing Dolly, and addressed to
Mr. About her, as she had gone day by
day to and from the Tredgold College, she had seen and not seen many an
incidental aspect of those sides of life about which girls are expected to know
nothing, aspects that were extraordinarily relevant to her own position and
outlook on the world, and yet by convention ineffably remote. A lucky escape. For a space he rode the whirligig. There are men in the Lowndean who laugh at
him—simply laugh at him. Melusine shrieked an imprecation, and ran the length of the aisle, searching
for the weapon she had thrown. ‘Lay him down on a sofa,’ Melusine said, coming out behind them and
moving towards the antechamber. It is not well
that a daughter should talk to her father as Ruth talked to hers that day. I
don’t think any surroundings could throw a shadow on you. I wish she wouldn’t look like that at us over her glasses.
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