And lift their consorts to their own prized seats,
As equals, queens; or else must house with slaves,
And make the slavish habits there their own.”
XI.
“Well said!” I thought. “Disown it, though she may,
This maiden’s mood is manlier than she deems”;
And, as with manhood, so my wits went forth
To find a way to test her further still.
Just then the sister of Elbert, gesturing toward
The sister of Edith, Alice, whom she fetch’d,