Mary Stewart Cutting

“ She tried to smile into the dark eyes that regarded her seriously. "Shall we sit a little further back in the shadow? Yes, this is better. You belong in some ways to a past age; you believe that a woman should not court publicity, that she should be shielded from contact with the world, and that it takes away from her delicacy, her refinement—well, her womanliness—to have to fight her own battles. ”

“ Of course, I know it's the normal state of things in these days for women to paint, or teach, or lecture, or typewrite, or dabble in some way at earning money, even if they don't need it. That you should have had to work for your bread seems to me monstrous. ”

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