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"If we were to form an image of dignity in a man, we should give him / wisdom and valor, as being essential to the character of manhood. In / the like manner, if you describe a right woman in a laudable sense, / she should have gentle softness, tender fear, and all those parts of / life which distinguish her from the other sex; with some / subordination to it, but such an infirmity that makes her still more / lovely. " -- _Sir Richard Steele._
It was with somewhat mixed feelings that Queenie bade farewell to her / old friend Caleb Runciman the next day; and even Emmie looked back / regretfully at the little dark house.