The things we do!

A smile went around among these grave
and dignified men; indeed, a light laugh sounded somewhere in the
shadow. The face of the leader relaxed, though not sufficiently to
allow light comment. The dark man at the right spoke.
"The great Napoleon was right," said he. "He never ceased to prove
how much he dreaded woman at any juncture of public affairs.
Indeed, he said that all the public places of the government should
be closed to them, that they should be set apart and distinguished
from the managers of affairs."
"And so do we say it!" broke in the leader. "With all my heart, I
say it."
The tall man bowed, "It was the idea of Napoleon that woman should
be distinguished always by a veil and gown, a uniform of
unworthiness and of danger. True, Napoleon based his ideas on his
studies in the Orient. Us he accused of treating woman much too
well. He declared woman, by virtue of her birth, to be made as
man's inferior and his slave, and would tolerate no other
construction of the relation of the sexes.


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