The Californians
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The "wicked woman is only a kind of thorn,, and thorns are but buds rendered abortive by a sudden stoppage of the sap. StiU, thorns are after all thorns, and must not be handled exactly as if they were blossoms, even where blossoms are as valu- 102 T3E CALIF0BNIAN8. [chap.ti.
able and rare as in the great ■woman-wilderness West.
To tell tlie whole truth, there is, however, some- thing even more obnoxious than the thorn — a kind of woman even more hurtful than the utterly pas- sionate and openly... depraved. It is she who keeps what is mysteriously called a " respectable " plac© in Californian society, who takes advantage of the ■ fewness of her sex and the laxness of law to glide from divorce court to divorce court, sucking hus- band after husband dry by her extravagance, then throwing him aside, and stepping upon his body as upon swines' husks to gain' a higher place. Thera is nothing coarse, nothing depraved about her. She is as incapable of violence and hatred as of love.
She has not the virtues even of passion : " G'est wne- creature vierge de toute vertu." She is not a thorn j she is only a Venus's fly-trap.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The "wicked woman is only a kind of thorn,, and thorns are but buds rendered abortive by a sudden stoppage of the sap. StiU, thorns are after all thorns, and must not be handled exactly as if they were blossoms, even where blossoms are as valu- 102 T3E CALIF0BNIAN8. [chap.ti.
able and rare as in the great ■woman-wilderness West.
To tell tlie whole truth, there is, however, some- thing even more obnoxious than the thorn — a kind of woman even more hurtful than the utterly pas- sionate and openly... depraved. It is she who keeps what is mysteriously called a " respectable " plac© in Californian society, who takes advantage of the ■ fewness of her sex and the laxness of law to glide from divorce court to divorce court, sucking hus- band after husband dry by her extravagance, then throwing him aside, and stepping upon his body as upon swines' husks to gain' a higher place. Thera is nothing coarse, nothing depraved about her. She is as incapable of violence and hatred as of love.
She has not the virtues even of passion : " G'est wne- creature vierge de toute vertu." She is not a thorn j she is only a Venus's fly-trap.
What to read after The Californians?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Walter Mulrea Fisher to read onlineMoreLess
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