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Chapter 4

           Thisbeingaseasonfavourabletoconversation,andtheroombeingacool,shady,lazykindofplace,withsomeplantsattheopenwindowshuttingoutthedust,andinterposingpleasantlyenoughbetweentheteatablewithinandtheoldTowerwithout,itisnowonderthattheladiesfeltaninclinationtotalkandlinger,especiallywhentherearetakenintoaccounttheadditionalinducementsoffreshbutter,newbread,shrimps,andwatercresses.

           Now,theladiesbeingtogetherunderthesecircumstances,itwasextremelynaturalthatthediscourseshouldturnuponthepropensityofmankindtotyrannizeovertheweakersex,andthedutythatdevelopedupontheweakersextoresistthattyrannyandasserttheirrightsanddignity.Itwasnaturalforfourreasons:firstly,becauseMrsQuilpbeingayoungwomanandnotoriouslyunderthedominionofherhusbandoughttobeexcitedtorebel;secondly,becauseMrsQuilp’sparentwasknowntobelaudablyshrewishinherdispositionandinclinedtoresistmaleauthority;thirdly,becauseeachvisitorwishedtoshowforherselfhowsuperiorshewasinthisrespecttothegeneralityofhersex;andfourthly,becausethecompanybeingaccustomedtoscandaliseeachotherinpairs,weredeprivedoftheirusualsubjectofconversationnowthattheywereallassembledinclosefriendship,andhadconsequentlynobetteremploymentthantoattackthecommonenemy.

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