“Theerrorisplainenough,“saidthelesscourteousEdmund;
“suchgirlsareillbroughtup。Theyaregivenwrongnotionsfromthebeginning。Theyarealwaysactinguponmotivesofvanity,andthereisnomorerealmodestyintheirbehaviour_before_theyappearinpublicthanafterwards。“
“Idonotknow,“repliedMissCrawfordhesitatingly。
“Yes,Icannotagreewithyouthere。Itiscertainlythemodestestpartofthebusiness。Itismuchworsetohavegirlsnotoutgivethemselvesthesameairsandtakethesamelibertiesasiftheywere,whichIhaveseendone。
Thatisworsethananything——quitedisgusting!“