“Traditional is exactly what I need, Mother. You’d have me marry some suffragette who’d tear down the laws and rules that keep our society intact? It would destroy my estate.” How the devil had his mother circled back to the topic he wished for her to forget?
“I think those women who fight for the vote are wonderful!” His mother’s voice rose a little and color deepened her cheeks. If he wasn’t careful, he’d upset her again and he didn’t want to do that. Best to concede some battles in order to win the war, as Owen Hadley would say. Owen would know, of course, seeing as how he’d fought in the war where battles had been all too real.
Best to concede some battles in order to win the war, as Owen Hadley would say“They are indeed brave ladies, Mother. I wouldn’t disagree on that. I simply thi
