"
"Do not put yourself out of the way, John. There will be no change in
the women of today that will affect you. But no doubt they will
eventually halve--and better halve--the world's work and honors with
men. Do you not think so, John?"
"My dear, I know not; women perhaps may cease to be women; but I am
positive that men will continue to be men."
"I mean that women will do men's work as well as men do it."
"Nature is an obstinate dame. She offers serious opposition to that
result."
"Well, I was only telling you how far progressive ideas had grown in
Hatton town. Women propose to share with men the honors of statecraft
and the wealth of trading and manufacturing."
"Jane, dear, I don't like to hear you talking such nonsense. The mere
fact that women _can not fight_ affects all the unhappy equality they
aim at; and if it were possible to alter that fact, we should be
equalizing _down_ and not up." Then he looked at his watch and said he
must be at the Club very soon.
"Will you remain in the parlor until I return, Jane?" he asked.
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