"Why not?"
"I have many things to do."
"I think being inspiration to a painter would be more desirable for a woman than just looking after studios."
"I think doing her own work, whatever it is, is the most important thing for a woman."
"Heavens! Jane Judd, are you one of these 'woman's rights, right or wrong' preachers? You aren't a suffragette, and a freewomaner, are you?"
"Yes."
"Have we nourished a bomb in the studios all these years? Don't get me started on the woman question. I'm a regular cave man."
"All right, I won't get you started."
"It was a great mistake to begin giving woman an education. It has messed things up dreadfully."
"For women, you mean?"