way to England?—and what did I tell you again when we had come here, and when I had seen for myself the sort of woman Miss Halcombe was?”
“How should I know? You talked nineteen to the dozen, I suppose, just as usual.”
“I said this: Human ingenuity, my friend, has hitherto only discovered two ways in which a man can manage a woman. One way is to knock her down—a method largely adopted by the brutal lower orders of the people,
way to England?—and what did I tell you again when we had come here, and when I had seen for myself the sort of woman Miss Halcombe was?”
“How should I know? You talked nineteen to the dozen, I suppose, just as usual.”
“I said this: Human ingenuity, my friend, has hitherto only discovered two ways in which a man can manage a woman. One way is to knock her down—a method largely adopted by the brutal lower orders of the people,
