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". . . .unfair to woman that she has never been alone in the world. Adam had a time, whether long or short, when he could wander anout on a fresh and peaceful earth,among the beasts, in full possession of his soul, and most men are born with a memory of that period. But poor Eve found him there, with all his claims upon her, the moment she looked into the world. That is a grudge that woman has always had against the Creator: she feels that she is entitled to have that epoch of paradise back for herself. Only, worse luck, when chasing a time that has gone, one is bound to get hold of it by the tail, the wrong way around. Thus these young witches got everything they wanted as in a catoptric image."

from the Old Chevalier, by Isak Dinesen