And there they stand amid such throngs of men!—
And did you note the statues in Berlin,
In all the streets?—of warriors, every one!
And these two girls, here travelling, by themselves,
Where might makes right, and woman slighted is,
Not strange it is their feelings toward you men,
In heat of indignation seething up,
Should brew some barm at times of bitterness!”
IX.
Thus, rattling on, she led me, as confused