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Herland

CHAPTER 7
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You will find little names on the houses, on the furniture, on the dishes sometimes.

Because otherwise one is likely to forget, and we want to know to whom to be grateful." "You speak as if it were done for the convenience of the consumer--not the pride of the producer," I suggested.
"It's both," said Somel.

"We have pride enough in our work." "Then why not in your children ?" urged Jeff.
"But we have! We're magnificently proud of them," she insisted.
"Then why not sign 'em ?" said Terry triumphantly.
Moadine turned to him with her slightly quizzical smile.

"Because the finished product is not a private one.

When they are babies, we do speak of them, at times, as 'Essa's Lato,' or 'Novine's Amel'; but that is merely descriptive and conversational.


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