"I can't say I do," replied Wood. The elastic spirits of youth resumed their sway; and,
before the coach stopped, his tears had ceased to flow. ’ She
shuddered, throwing her hands over her face. 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. ’
‘But if I am with you, as André Valade, as your husband, an émigré—’
‘Pah!’ Melusine spat. They are blinded to all fine and subtle things
—they look at life with bloodshot eyes and dilated nostrils. . ’
‘Pah! How can it be romantic? That is silly. And
now, only twenty-four hours behind him … that is, if he wasn't paddling by on
the return route to Hong-Kong or had dropped down to Macao. The vicomte must be well known to
those high-born who have gone to England.
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