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| deep IN science, and make no worse
wife for it. / told him about the Rus
sian princess with whom Euler cores
porded, and the professoress who used
TO lecture at Bologna, though she was
SO pretty she had TO address her class
from behind curtain.
| Nothing would convince him. He
scoffed at the scientific pretensions of
the sex, aGd when carried the ques-
ton still further, and enlarged oil the
odious tyranny by which men strove to
cabin. crib, and confine CDR minds and
bodies, he flew into passion and went
straight off to his club, where he dined
and came in very late, Smelling very
strongly of segars. ! cried good deal
that night, but am sorry to say that
soon returned 10 the subject. And the
/ more sure our argument was TO end in
his leaving me in quite passion for
that abominable marital harbor of re-
| fuge, the club, the more sure, somehow
or other, was the conversation TO come
back to the same point. In fact, | be-
came quite wretched, and | didn't
think he was Bit happier than | was.
Had not been luckily cured of my
no1ioas about the equality of the sexes,
i am sure we should have separated
miserable couple. And how do you
think vas cured? | had been read
ing the report of that remarkable meet
ing at Syracuse, U. s., in which the
rights and wrongs of women were so
fotcibly set forth by Miss Lucretia Mott
and her frieads. had perfectly aw-
full argument with Edward upon the re-
port of the meeting in the Times, and
he had gone to the club, as usual, de-
nouacing strong. minded women, with
an obEvious allusion 10 me, and de-
claring that this continual discussion
was enoagh 10 wear mans lie out.
retired TO bed With a deep sense of
the wrongs of our sex, and of Edwards
brutality, and thiaking what world
this would be if women had their prop
er place ia il on an equality with men.
/ tried TO read myself TO sleep with
Tennyson7s Priaoess and thought lda's
argument much more conclusive than
the poets conclusions. At last fell
asleep, and dre2med-snch a dream,
that II seemed as if lived a whole
life through it all
And now for my dream
was living in world where the re-
lations Of the sexes were turned topSy-
turvy, lie women filled the mems
places, and the lords of creation were
ladies' How we revelled in the change
at first-parlicularly after diauer. Ii
was so pleasant to be left rouad the
dining-room table, aud pass the decan-
fle with the desert, while one thought
of the gentleman yawning over the
albums and ANNALS. and getting mp
dreary little bits Of fat scandal owe r
lukewafm cups of tea. and boring each
other, and being bored, all alone in the
dra wing-room. rather think we talked
a good deal of nonsense about the wine. |
and old Mrs. Peabody (whose front had |
unaccountably disappeared. leaving a
venerable bald head with little fringe |
of gray hair round abou, il. which, |
somehow, she didn't seem in the least |
10 care about seeina) entirely failed III
her attempt to prevent US from nbbling |
at the niacaroons and bonbons, which |
she said spoiled our palates for the
claret. Pm afraid, too, that some of US
took more wine than we were used TO.
aud | know, saw a great many more
candles than there were on the table,
and Edward complained bitterly of the
way chattered with young Surcingle,
after we came up stairs in The drawing
room, which was not until we had been
sent for three times. But TO see how
stupid the men looked! and how very
glad they seemed when we came in,
and how it afterwards appeared that
they had been comparing notes con-
cerning their wives and their house,
keeping expenses, until they had all
but quarrelled. did not feel well al
all for the rest of the evening, and fell
asleep on sofa, till it was time to take
Edward home.
Next day had such headache! !!
vow'd I'd never "pass the decanters"
a gain as long as lived, but go up
stairs with the gentlemen. Edward
wanted very much to 60 out shopping,
but was too i'll to escort him, so sent
Mary, our foot-maid, to take care of
him and two of his friends who called.
Mary tells me they were a good deal
stared at in Regent street, but that she
thought her Zig stick and cooked hat
frightened them.
felt, after this, it was not safe for
to walk about without me, and,
as he wanted me to go into the city, !
threw off my headache, and went with
him but, feeling tired. We mounted an
omnibus. The cad was a smart glll, but
her language was dreadfully slang"
aud was shocked at the style in which
she gave it y las she said) 10 a poor
old gentleman who was put down some
where where he didn't want to go. The
driver (whom she addressed as SARAH
encouraged her, and, altogether,
thought had never seen two such odl-
Gus creatures, and was plainly con-
vinced that women had no place before
or behind omnibuses.
We dined at Verey's, and stayed un-
til it was, dusk. | decided to walk
home, notwithstanding Edwards re-
a hopt +ha ;nnronriofv of hain0 +