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Chapter 26

           "Suchthingshavetobewritten,theysaynowadays,"shewenton"And,certainly,tojudgefromthecommendationbestowedonthesesortofbooksbythepress,itisveryevidentthatthewaveofopinionissettinginthedirectionoflettinggirlsknowallaboutmarriagebeforetheyenteruponit,inorderthattheymaydosowiththeireyeswideopenverywideopen!"Shelaughed,andherlaughterhurtmelikeaphysicalwound."Whatanold-fashionedideathebrideofthepoetsandsixty-years-agoromancistsseemsnow!"shecontinued"Imagineher!ashrinkingtendercreature,shyofbeholders,timidofspeech,...wearingtheemblematicveil,whichinformerdays,youknow,usedtocoverthefaceentirely,asasymbolthatthesecretsofmarriagewereasyethiddenfromthemaiden’sinnocentandignoranteyes.Nowtheveiliswornflungbackfromthebride’sbrows,andshestaresunabashedateverybodyohyes,indeedweknowquitewellwhatwearedoingnowwhenwemarry,thankstothe‘new’fiction!"

           "Thenewfictionisdetestable,"Isaidhotly"Bothinstyleandmorality.EvenasaquestionofliteratureIwonderatyourcondescendingtoreadanyofit.ThewomanwhosedirtybookIhavejustthrownawayandIfeelnocompunctionforhavingdoneitisdestituteofgrammaraswellasdecency."

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