The screams of the unfortunate woman had aroused Thames from his slumbers. 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 she is saying something to me! What is it?"
The hotel manager, who spoke Cantonese with facility, interpreted. It'll be
your turn to save mine next. Her aunt had summoned up an altogether too vivid picture of her father as the
masterful man, overbearing, emphatic, sentimental, noisy, aimless. It looked as if it had taken its
world for granted and prospered on that assumption—a world in which children
were trained to obey their elders and the wills of women over-ruled as a matter
of course. Age is set,
impervious to innovations. It was a sovereign easily earned. ‘You’re speaking the truth. But that explains everything. ’ The questions that had long haunted her came out at last. "It won't do, widow," said he, drawing near her, while she shrank from his
approach, "so you may spare your breath.
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