( It is a look which affects her more than it ought. Never before has she heard a man challenge a woman's role in the world. Far more than that, even, Richard is basically expecting it to be greater. Elizabeth opens her mouth as though to reply, and then closes it promptly.
She has never thought of this. Her mother and grandmother certainly have, and her grandmother on her father's side is an indomitable old bat. But their worth had never been measured individually insomuch as by whom they had married. Gradually, after some thought, she begins to shake her head. )
We are to bear sons for our husbands but otherwise not to meddle in their affairs.
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She has never thought of this. Her mother and grandmother certainly have, and her grandmother on her father's side is an indomitable old bat. But their worth had never been measured individually insomuch as by whom they had married. Gradually, after some thought, she begins to shake her head. )
We are to bear sons for our husbands but otherwise not to meddle in their affairs.