He recalled with exasperating perplexity her clear, matter-of-fact tone as she
talked about love-making being unconvincing. ‘You
should rather be arresting the girl and throwing her into gaol for attempted
murder. Following this direction, he opened a gate, and struck into one of the
most beautiful green lanes imaginable; which, after various windings, conducted
him into a more frequented road, and eventually brought him to the place he
sought. “No!” he said aloud at last. Her mind invoked her husband, who she imagined
lying dead in a ditch somewhere, tortured and killed by
brigands or perhaps eaten by creatures like herself, a fate
he actually deserved. "What is she saying to me?"
Ah Cum shrugged. Petite build, like herself. She was her mother’s
child, fair of face, doted upon and spoiled by her
attentions. . From the centre of the ceiling hung a replica of the temple lamp in the
Taj Mahal. The little room was fragrant with flowers,
Anna herself bright, and with all the evidences of well being. “Why should women be dependent on men?” she asked; and the question was
at once converted into a system of variations upon the theme of “Why are things
as they are?”—“Why are human beings viviparous?”—“Why are people hungry
thrice a day?”—“Why does one faint at danger?”
She stood for a time looking at the dry limbs and still human face of that
desiccated unwrapped mummy from the very beginnings of social life. But, not daring to confess his want of comprehension,
he made a profound reverence, and retired.
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