The houses overhung in a
frightful manner, and looked as if the next gust would precipitate them into the
river. His lovely black eyes softened until they became like
languid as the night sky. 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. “Forgive me,” he said, “but I want to hear it from your sister. Is this a reason?’
‘Not good enough? Now I had every hope that it would appeal to you. “You would have been treated differently in the Old
World, the one where I came from. You shall swing for this after
next sessions, or my name's not Jonathan Wild. Are you going to have any apple-tart,
Stanley? The apple-tart’s been very good lately—very good!”
Part 7
At the end of dinner that evening Ann Veronica began: “Father!”
Her father looked at her over his glasses and spoke with grave deliberation;
“If there is anything you want to say to me,” he said, “you must say it in the
study. ‘They hold their nose up, so. The idea of leaving for Mexico
had become unbearable, as he was so easy to like and
perhaps even easier to love. ‘Who is to be angry with you
now?’
‘Miss Prudence, that’s who,’ stated Joan bluntly. We
think if we just defy the friends we have and go out into the world everything
will become easy and splendid. The doctor had not heard from his people.
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