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She is hardly what she is, much less what she was. The Roman Gynæceum would be an impossibility to day. SHE IS HARDLY WHAT SHE IS MUCH LESS WHAT SHE WAS THE ROMAN GYNASSEUM WOULD BE AN IMPOSSIBILITY TO DAY
ted. The study of women, my dear Peter,” said Morgan, with a wink at Conrad, which fortunately the seventh-century pirate did not see, else there would have been an open break—“the study of women is more difficult than that of astronomy; there may be two stars alike, but all women are unique. Because she was this, that, or the other thing in your day does not prove that she is any one of those things in our day—in fact, it proves the contrary. Why, I venture even to say that no individual woman is alike.” “That’s rather a hazy thought,” said Kidd, scratching his head in a puzzled sort of way. “I mean that she’s different from herself at different times,” said Morgan. “What is it the poet called her?—‘an infinite variety show,’ or something of that sort; a perpetual vaudeville—a continuous performance, as it were, from twelve to twelve.” “Morgan is right, admiral!” put in Conrad the corsair, acting temporarily as bo’sun. “The times are sadly changed, and woman is no longer what she was. TER RETORTED ABEUCHAPETA IRRITABLY I STAND CORRECTED THE STUDY OF WOMEN MY DEAR PETER SAID MORGAN WITH A WINK AT COMRADE WHICH FORTUNATELY THE SEVENTH CENTURY PIRATE DID NOT SEE ELSE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN OPEN BREAK THE STUDY OF WOMEN IS MORE DIFFICULT THAN THAT OF ASTRONOMY THERE MAY BE TWO STARS ALIKE BUT ALL WOMEN ARE UNIQUE BECAUSE SHE WAS THIS THAT OR THE OTHER THING IN YOUR DAY DOES NOT PROVE THAT SHE IS ANY OF THOSE THINGS IN OUR DAY IN FACT IT PROVES THE CONTRARY WHY I VENTURE EVEN TO SAY THAT NO INDIVIDUAL WOMAN IS ALIKE THAT'S RATHER A HAZY THOUGHT SAID KIDD SCRATCHING HIS HEAD IN A PUZZLED SORT OF WAY I MEAN THAT SHE'S DIFFERENT FROM HERSELF AT DIFFERENT TIMES SAID MORGAN WHAT IS IT THE POET CALLED HER AN INFINITE VARIETY SHOW OR SOMETHING OF THAT SORT A PERPETUAL VAUDEVILLE A CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE AS IT WERE FROM TWELVE TO TWELVE MORGAN IS RIGHT ADMIRAL PUT IN CONRAD THE CORSAIR ACTING TEMPORARILY AS BO'SUN THE TIMES ARE SADLY CHANGED AND WOMAN IS NO LONGER WHAT SHE WAS
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