We will be held responsible all the same." The other woman looked thoughtful.

"Well," she said at last, "I haven't quite lost all faith in womanly mercy.

Women don't mean to be cruel; the trouble is they don't think." "Don't think!" echoed Mrs.Brown scornfully.

"Don't think! That is an excuse entirely too babyish for women to offer in this age of the world.

Do they want to be regarded as irresponsible children forever?
Don't you know that childish thoughtlessness on a subject as important as the needless taking of life argues tremendously against us?
Here we are at the twentieth century, and with all our boasted advancement we are as cruel and savage as Fiji Islanders.