Men dislike women who think too much and know
too much. You are well educated and clever enough, but what could
you do if you were suddenly left without means of support?"
"I don't know what I could do. It's what I want to find out. Half
of my life has been spent in school and college, and during these
years I was taught little that would be of practical service in case
of need. I'd like to use part of my time trying to make educators
understand they don't educate. For cultural purposes, for acquiring
knowledge of facts, their system may be admirable, but for the
pursuit of a happy livelihood--"
I stopped. Aunt Matilda was looking at me as if I were suffering
from an attack of some kind. Marriage to her was the divinely
arranged destiny for a woman, and she had neither patience nor
sympathy with my refusal to accept the opportunity that was mine to
fulfil the destiny of my sex and at the same time become the wife of
the man she had long wished me to marry. The power of money was dear
to her. She understood it well, and my failure to appreciate it
properly was peculiarly exasperating to her.
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