25/45 Marriage for love is the beautifulest external symbol of the union of souls; marriage without it is the uncleanliest traffic that defiles the world." She ran her little finger savagely along the topmost bar, shaking off the dozen little dewdrops that still hung there. "And they tell us we have men's chivalrous attention!" she cried. "When we ask to be doctors, lawyers, law-makers, anything but ill-paid drudges, they say--No; but you have men's chivalrous attention; now think of that and be satisfied! What would you do without it ?" The bitter little silvery laugh, so seldom heard, rang out across the bushes. She bit her little teeth together. At a little wayside hotel we had to change the large coach for a small one. |