“But you will be the only woman amongst so many men, and when men have had too much to drink, they are apt to become coarse.”
“Don’t you attend the meetings of the School of Forestry without me?”
“Certainly, but I am not the only man amongst a lot of women.”
“Men and women were equals, she was amazed that he, who had always preached the emancipation of women could have any objection to her attending the meeting.”
“He admitted that it was nothing but prejudice on his part. He admitted that she was right and that he was wrong, but all the same he begged her not to go; he hated the idea. He couldn’t get over the fact.”
“He was inconsequent.”
“He admitted that he was inconsequent, but it would take ten generations to get used to the new conditions.”
“Then he must not go to meetings either?”
“That was quite a different matter, for his meetings were attended by men only. He didn’t mind her going out without him; what he didn’t like was that she went out alone with so many men.”
“She wouldn’t be alone, for the cashier’s wife would be present as—”