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Theme Respecting Women in different roles
"Today we're off again to see Priscilla's mother and her children. We tramp across hills, and fields, meeting children or old folks here and there . The children keep their distance from me, but the older people, women mostly, want to touch me; some hold my hand and mutter something I don't understand. Priscilla says most of them have never seen a white woman before, let alone touched one. That turns out to be why when our hands are together they spit on them: it's a particular honor."
"Today we're off again to see Priscilla's mother and her children. We tramp across hills, and fields, meeting children or old folks here and there . The children keep their distance from me, but the older people, women mostly, want to touch me; some hold my hand and mutter something I don't understand. Priscilla says most of them have never seen a white woman before, let alone touched one. That turns out to be why when our hands are together they spit on them: it's a particular honor."
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Interesting book!
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