Everything is so clean here that
one hesitates to move a step. The boards are as shiny as though they
were polished silver.... This very moment Torp appeared in felt shoes
and implored me to get her a strip of oilcloth to save her kitchen
floor. I feel just the same; I scarcely dare defile this spotless
pitchpine.
* * * * *
What is the use of all these discussions and articles about the equality
of the sexes, so long as we women are at times the slaves of an
inevitable necessity? I have suffered more than ever the last few days,
perhaps because I was so utterly alone. Not a human being to speak to.
Yes, I ought to have stayed in bed if only to conceal my ugliness. In
town I was wise. But here ...
* * * * *
All the same I am proud of my self-control. Many women do not possess as
much.
The moon is in her first quarter; a cold dry wind is blowing up; it
makes one cough merely to hear it whistle.
I hate winds of all kinds, and here my enemy seems to have free entry.
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