[5]; , Isaid; —, ifIamtoobeyyoursecretaryandtellyoumyprofessionalexperiencesasanovelist, ’’, toreadthesamebooks, todothesamethingsdayafterday, monthaftermonth, whileheiswriting, sothatnothingmaybreaktheillusioninwhichheisliving—sothatnothingmaydisturbordisquietthemysteriousnosingsabout, feelingsround, darts, dashes, andsuddendiscoveriesofthatveryshyandillusivespirit, , , whichforminutes, andindeedforhours, ’, thedepths, , shehadthoughtofsomething, somethingaboutthebody, , herreasontoldher, ’—, Idoubtthattheyrealizeorcancontroltheextremeseveritywithwhichtheycondemnsuchfreedominwomen.
[6]—killingtheAngelintheHouse—, tellingthetruthaboutmyownexperiencesasabody, —, whatissimplerthantowritebooks? Outwardly, whatobstaclesarethereforawomanratherthanforaman? Inwardly, Ithink, thecaseisverydifferent; shehasstillmanyghoststofight, , Ithink, beforeawomancansitdowntowriteabookwithoutfindingaphantomtobeslain, , thefreestofallprofessionsforwomen, howisitinthenewprofessionswhichyouarenowforthefirsttimeentering?
