Hmm...well, I must say, I don't think that I agree with everything I read. But I do find it interesting that Eliza Linton would write about the new girl of the period. What's wrong with a girl who "paints her face" and "dyes her hair".
I dress to please myself...well not only myself, but mostly myself. And why is it "vitiated"? These girls aren't corrupted!
And I tell you what! If its all muddy outside and my dress is going to muddied up, i sure am going to pick it up all the way...who cares!
But Linton does say a few right things. There are some girls who would marry a gentlemen just for what's in his pocket....which isn't right. I mena, I do things according to a man's wallet size, but that's out of necessity, not of want. And, well, men do flirt with me, and don't marry me, and they laugh but do not respect me either...
She's talking rubbish!
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Nancy, you dress how Fagin and I tell you you should dress. The way you dress pleases your customers, and in effect pleases Fagin and I because of the money we make off them and you. Linton's got it right, women now a days just want to look pretty, but men now a days still want a woman to listen to him and make him comfortable, as well as lookin pretty.
ReplyDeleteOh Nancy, why do you let this man continue to treat you like this. Such a young, pretty girl such as yourself shouldn't disrespect yourself like that, nor should you take that kind of disrespect from anyone. I'm sure we can find a better suited profession for you, as well as a better suited man; someone like my Harry would do you well.
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