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I am speaking in a
general way. Of course there are shining exceptions. Mothers at present
can bring children into the world, but this performance is apt to mark
the end of their capacities. They can't even attend to the elementary
animal requirements of their offspring. It is quite surprising how many
children survive in spite of their mothers. Ask any doctor."
"If that is the case there must be something wrong with our social
system. You may be sure that the female cat or canary bird is just as
efficient in her department as the male in his. Speaking from my own
experience among the London poor, I should say that the father is often
a mere parasite on his wifo and children--"
"We may both of us be right. But I wish you would take Denis in hand a
little. Will you? Perhaps you misread his character. He may be afraid
of you."
"Have you any particular reason--?"
"I don't like his looks. There is something tragic about him lately."
Mr. Heard was slightly nettled. After all, he was not on Nepenthe for
the purpose of doling out consolations to melancholy undergraduates.


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