human
Twenty,
gpt
And I have had no answer. I am come for your answer, Mr. Beck. We will sit down, if you please, while you consider your answer.
human
Those are the letters of yesterday and to-day, he said.
gpt
What was yours, madam? Was it a letter asking for money?
human
It was.
gpt
Yesterday there were seventy-four letters asking for money. To-day there are only fifty-two. May I ask, madam, if you air the widow who wants money to run a mangle?
human
Sir, I am unmarried. A mangle!
gpt
You air, perhaps, the young lady who writes to know if I want a housekeeper, and encloses her carte-de-visite? No; that won't do. Is it possible you are the daughter of the Confederate general who lost his life in the cause?
human
Really, sir!
gpt
Then, madam, we come to the lady who --here he read from another letter--
human
Sir!
gpt
I represent a Cause, Mr. Beck. I am not a beggar for myself. My cause is the sacred one of Womanhood. You, sir, in your free and happy Republic----
human
Have seen woman partially restored to her proper place--on a level with man.
gpt
A higher level, murmured the girl, who had far-off eyes and a sweet voice.
human
The higher level reached by the purer heart.
gpt
Only partially restored at present. But the good work goes on. Here we are only beginning. Mr. Beck, the Cause wants help--your help.
human
We want our rights; we want suffrage; we want to be elected for the Houses of Parliament; we insist on equality in following the professions and in enjoying the endowments of Education. We shall prove that we are no whit inferior to men. We want no privileges. Let us stand by ourselves.
gpt
Wal, madam, their air helpers who shove up, and I guess there air helpers who shove down.
human
The subjection of the Sex is the most monstrous injustice of all those which blot the fair fame of manhood. What is there in man's physical strength that he should use it to lord over the weaker half of humanity? Why has not our sex produced a Shakespeare?
gpt
It has, madam, said Mr. Beck gravely.
human
It has produced all our greatest men.
gpt
Your answer, if you please, Mr. Beck.
human
I have no answer, madam.
gpt
I have written you two letters, and sent you twenty circulars, urging upon you the claims of the Woman's Rights Association. I have the right to ask for a reply. I expect one. You will be kind enough sir, to give categorically your answer to the several heads. This you will do of your courtesy to a lady. We can wait here while you write it. I shall probably, I ought to tell you, publish it.
human
We can wait,