Then you will get the Government to take the matter up, and to bring a charge of arson against the New Woman.

And, finally, you will have notices put up all along the banks from Goring to Greenwich, 'Ladies are requested not to bring inflammatory articles near the river; the right of setting the Thames on fire is now--as formerly--reserved specially for men.' And then you will try to set it on fire yourself." "A most characteristic programme, I must confess.

But now tell me; when you have set your Thames on fire, and covered yourself with laurels, and generally turned the world upside down, sha'n't you allow some humble and devoted beggarman to share your kingdom with you?
You might find it a little dull alone in your glory, as you are such a sociable person." "Well, if I do, of course I shall let some nice man share it with me." "I see.

You will stoop from your solitary splendour and say to the devoted beggarman, 'Allow me to offer you the post of King Consort; it is a mere sinecure, and confers only the semblance and not the reality of power; but I hope you will accept it, as I have nothing better to give you, and if you are submissive and obedient I will make you as comfortable as I can under the circumstances.'" "Good gracious! I hope I am too wise ever to talk to a man in that way.
No, no, Chris; I shall find some nice man, who has seen through me all the time and who hasn't been taken in by me, as the world has; and I shall say to him, 'By the way, here is a small fire and a few laurel leaves; please warm your hands at the one and wear the others in your button-hole.' That is the proper way in which a woman should treat fame--merely as a decoration for the man whom she has chosen." "O noble judge! O excellent young woman!" exclaimed Christopher.

"But what are some of the wonderful things which you are so anxious to teach ?" Elisabeth's mood changed at once, and her face grew serious.