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Chapter 1

           Whenshethoughtofherdaughters,shesaidtoherselfsorrowfullythatshewasahindranceratherthanahelptotheirfuture,thathercharacterandtemperwereabsurd,ridiculous,insupportable.Naturally,sheputtheblameonhersurroundings,andfrommorningtonightwasquarrellingwithherhusbandandchildren,whomshereallylovedtothepointofself-sacrifice,even,onemightsay,ofpassion.

           Shewas,abovealldistressedbytheideathatherdaughtersmightgrowup“eccentric,”likeherself;shebelievedthatnoothersocietygirlswerelikethem.“TheyaregrowingintoNihilists!”sherepeatedoverandoveragain.Foryearsshehadtormentedherselfwiththisidea,andwiththequestion:“Whydon’ttheygetmarried?”

           “Itistoannoytheirmother;thatistheironeaiminlife;itcanbenothingelse.Thefactisitisallofapiecewiththesemodernideas,thatwretchedwoman’squestion!SixmonthsagoAglayatookafancytocutoffhermagnificenthair.Why,evenI,whenIwasyoung,hadnothinglikeit!Thescissorswereinherhand,andIhadtogodownonmykneesandimploreher...

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