"Do you want to go?" he asked naively.
"Of course, I do!"
"But you will be the only woman amongst so many men, and when men have
had too much to drink, they are apt to become coarse."
"Don't you attend the meetings of the School of Forestry without me?"
"Certainly, but I am not the only man amongst a lot of women."
"Men and women were equals, she was amazed that he, who had always
preached the emancipation of women could have any objection to her
attending the meeting."
"He admitted that it was nothing but prejudice on his part. He admitted
that she was right and that he was wrong, but all the same he begged her
not to go; he hated the idea. He couldn't get over the fact."
"He was inconsequent."
"He admitted that he was inconsequent, but it would take ten generations
to get used to the new conditions."
"Then he must not go to meetings either?"
"That was quite a different matter, for his meetings were attended by
men only. He didn't mind her going out without him; what he didn't like
was that she went out alone with so many men."
"She wouldn't be alone, for the cashier's wife would be present as--"
"As what?"
"As the cashier's wife."
"Then couldn't he be present as her husband?"
"Why did he want to make himself so cheap by being in the way?"
"He didn't mind making himself cheap.
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