“Just think about what you are asking, John, please. “Oh God!” she cried, “Oh God!” and flung aside her opera-cloak, and for a
time walked about the room—a Corsair’s bride at a crisis of emotion. 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. ‘For that I shall certainly not leave until you have
told me every tiny detail. He had been quite right to sit down. His voice propelled her to cry even harder, so hard
that she began to laugh behind her tears. You saw him? You have been to
Remenham House?’
‘Remenham House? I wish I’d been only to Remenham House. After all, that was life.
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