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Grass, the power seemed to say, going back with a ruler such as governesses use to the beginning, is all right; the hanging cups of fritillaries—admirable; the snaky flower—a thought strong from a lady's pen, perhaps, but Wordsworth, no doubt, sanctions it; but— girls? Are girls necessary? You have a husband at the Cape, you say? Ah, well, that'll do.

She was married, true; but if one's husband was always sailing round Cape Horn, was it marriage? If one liked him, was it ma-riage? If one liked other people, was it marriage? And finally, if one still wished, more than anything in the whole world, to write poetry, was it marriage? She had her doubts.

Zaczęłam i chyba nie jestem na to gotowa...

read chapter 1 as a part of the book club - loved the experience, as this type of writing is not very familiar to me, and it is helpful to share the experience with others