14/26 The dark man at the right spoke. "He never ceased to prove how much he dreaded woman at any juncture of public affairs. "With all my heart, I say it." The tall man bowed, "It was the idea of Napoleon that woman should be distinguished always by a veil and gown, a uniform of unworthiness and of danger. True, Napoleon based his ideas on his studies in the Orient. Us he accused of treating woman much too well. |