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hichshelteredmaleandfemalealikefromthefreshair.Arethesexesreallyraces,eachwithitsowncodeofmorality,andtheirmutualloveameredeviceofNaturetokeepthingsgoing?Striphumanintercourseoftheproprieties,andisitreducedtothis?Herjudgmenttoldherno.SheknewthatoutofNature’sdevicewehavebuiltamagicthatwillwinusimmortality.Farmoremysteriousthanthecallofsextosexisthetendernessthatwethrowintothatcallfarwideristhegulfbetweenusandthefarmyardthanbetweenthefarmyardandthegarbagethatnourishesit.Weareevolving,inwaysthatSciencecannotmeasure,toendsthatTheologydaresnotcontemplate.“Mendidproduceonejewel,”thegodswillsay,and,saying,willgiveusimmortality.Margaretknewallthis,butforthemomentshecouldnotfeelit,andtransformedthemarriageofEvieandMr.Cahillintoacarnivaloffools,andherownmarriage—toomiserabletothinkofthat,shetoreuptheletter,andthenwroteanother:
“DEARMR.BAST,
“IhavespokentoMr.Wilcoxaboutyou,asIpromised,andamsorrytosaythathehasnovacancyforyou.
“Yourstruly,
“M.J.SCHLEGEL.”
SheenclosedthisinanotetoHelen,overwhichshetooklesstroublethanshemighthavedonebutherheadwasaching,andshecouldnotstoptopickherwords:
“DEARHELEN,
“Givehimthis.TheBastsareno
