[The Amazing Marriage by George Meredith]@TWC D-Link bookThe Amazing Marriage CHAPTER XXIII 5/27
Self-respecting women treat men as their tamed housemates.
She blows the horn of the wild old forest, irresistible to the animal.
O the droop of the eyelids, the curve of a lip, the rustle of silks, the much heart, the neat ankle; and the sparkling agreement, the reserve--the motherly feminine petition that she may retain her own small petted babe of an opinion, legitimate or not, by permission of superior authority!--proof at once of her intelligence and her appreciativeness.
Her infinitesimal spells are seen; yet, despite experience, the magnetism in their repulsive display is barely apprehended by sedate observers until the astounding capture is proclaimed.
It is visible enough then:--and O men! O morals! If she can but trick the smallest bit in stooping, she has the pick of men. Our present sample shows her to be young: she is young and a foreigner. Mr.Chumley Potts vouches for it.
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