‘I see that Leonardo was right. But I’m going to-day. "Yes; he'll suspect nothing. The gentleman didn't communicate his business to me. ‘And what the devil do you mean by demanding that I wait on you here? D’you think I haven’t enough to do handling that caper-witted female’s affairs, without dancing attendance on you?’ ‘Don’t be cross,’ begged Lucilla, much to Melusine’s disgust. Leastways, she’d be your greataunt, wouldn’t she?’ Astounded, Melusine was just about to demand further information, when a commotion outside the room interrupted her. While she worked, Melusine worried over the problem of getting Jack home. "Couldn't you speak to him?" "What?—and be insulted for my trouble? No, thank you!" "That is it. ’ A laugh escaped her. Melusine—the real Melusine—would never have made such a stupid mistake. She was still more stirred by the idea of the equal citizenship of men and women, by the realization that a big and growing organization of women were giving form and a generalized expression to just that personal pride, that aspiration for personal freedom and respect which had brought her to London; but when she heard Miss Miniver discoursing on the next step in the suffrage campaign, or read of women badgering Cabinet Ministers, padlocked to railings, or getting up in a public meeting to pipe out a demand for votes and be carried out kicking and screaming, her soul revolted.
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