”
Meddoes turned round from the table on which he was practising shots and
shrugged his shoulders. 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. Two-and-twenty! I can’t imagine what your parents can be thinking about to let
you get into these scrapes. If he succeeds there, I do not know how I can prove
myself. "
"That's not my game. "Oh, lud! what's that?" exclaimed a female
voice, from an adjoining room. ”
Ann Veronica made no answer. Nine years ago, I worked in this very house—had a kind indulgent
master, whom I robbed—twice robbed, at your instigation, villain; a mistress,
whom you have murdered; a companion, whose friendship I have for ever
forfeited; a mother, whose heart I have well-nigh broken.
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