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you've dropped into it? That you----"

"Last night I was honored by your praise of

it!"

"And so you wish me to be consistent!" she retorted scornfully "What

becoh; equality is a denial of privilege"

"And privilege is a denial of equality I don't like that at all" She

turned a serious, suddenly illuminated face upon him and spoke earnestly

"It's my hobby, I should tell you, and I' the personal note' It should be sounded as

ould sound it And I think we could bear the loss of 'privilege'--"

He laughed and raised a protesting hand "But we couldn't"

"No, you couldn't; it's the ribbon of superiority in your buttonhole I

know several woe to live without men to open doors for them,

and I think I could bear to let a man pass before me now and then, or wear

his hat in an office where I happened to be; and I could get my own ice at

a dance, I think, possibly with even less fuss and scra men who have done it for s for ourselves, no et representation for our

taxation You will never be able to deny yourselves giving us our

'privilege' I hate being waited on I'd rather do things for myself"