"Any life that seemed to you worth while would find you strong enough for it.

I am sure of that." Elizabeth smiled and shrugged her shoulders.

He went on--almost as though pleading with her.
"And as to our Western life--which you will soon have left so far behind--it strains and tests the women--true--but it rewards them.

They have a great place among us.

It is like the women of the early races.