Man instinctively knows this, and it is his fear of subjection to woman that makes him sneer at and fight against every effort to develop her intelligence and her independence.

If you are a true woman, worthy of your race and of your breeding, you will never forget your superiority--or the duties it imposes on you--what you owe to your husband and to your children.

You are a married woman now.
Therefore you are free.

Show that you deserve freedom and know how to use it." Margaret listened to the old woman with a new respect for her--and for herself.

"I'll try, Grandmother," she said soberly.