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. “You are quite right, I
think. Coolly and gingerly,
she kissed it as it stood at its hard angle from his body. ’
‘I have English a little,’ the girl offered, her voice shaking as she essayed a
smile and sank into a curtsy. ”
“But, daddy, what do you know of the place and the gathering?”
“And it’s entirely out of order; it isn’t right, it isn’t correct; it’s impossible for
you to stay in an hotel in London—the idea is preposterous. ”
She tried to think of some altered state of affairs in which these monstrous
limitations would be alleviated, in which women would stand on their own feet
in equal citizenship with men. “Why just take her limbs? Why not poison her, like
me?”
“Because, if you remember, she turned me into a
vampire. “Let go!” said Ann Veronica, through her teeth, strenuously inflicting agony,
and he cried out sharply and let go and receded a pace. ’
The command was accompanied by an increase of pressure on the wrist he
held. Don't worry about me. ‘Housebreaking, Hilary? I take the matter of housebreaking
very seriously, I’ll have you know. I was not even sure whether it was
loaded. ”
“Thank you, Jane. “You mean to tell me” he said, “that you have a
lover? While I have been keeping you! Yes—keeping you!”
This view of life he hurled at her as if it were an offensive missile. Lights gleamed from the lower rooms,
and, on a nearer approach to the building, the sound of revelry might be heard
from within.
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