Women ought to be free - as free as we are,' he declared, making a discovery of which he was too irritated to measure the terrific consequences. (Edith Wharton)

Women ought to be free - as free as we are,' he declared, making a discovery of which he was too irritated to measure the terrific consequences.

Edith Wharton

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