“Incidents. Mere incidents.”
“No; the wrong material. I, being myself, couldn’t do anything with it; couldn’t be anything in relationship to it.”
“You’d be, through seeing its possibilities and making an atmosphere.”
“I’ve told you I’m not one of those stupendous women.”
“What are you?”
“Well, now here’s something you will like. If I were to marry a Jew, I should feel that all my male relatives would have the right to beat me.”
“That’s strange.... And, I think, great nonsense, Miriam.”
“And I’m not anti-semite. I think Jews are better Christians than we are. We have things to learn from them. But not by marrying them, until they’ve learnt things from us. Women, particularly, can’t marry Jews. Men can marry Jewesses, if they like.”
“Marriage is a more important affair for women than for men. Just so.”
“I didn’t say so.”