In Exitu Israel, Vol. 2

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Excerpt from In Exitu Israel, Vol. 2: An Historical Novel When Gabrielle and Madeleine had retired for the night to the little bedroom of the latter, Madeleine seated herself on the bed, set her candle on the table, and holding Gabrielle by the wrists looked full in her face, and said abruptly: 'What brings you to Paris?' The little peasantess was startled, and hesitated. Madeleine asked after a moment's delay, - 'You have come to trade on your youth and beauty?' Gabrielle's eyes opened wide. She did not understand. 'Yes, ' said the Parisian flower-girl, 'God gives us comely countenances, graceful limbs, and ready wit. These are our wares, set up at auction to the highest bidder. So runs the world. God did not make it so, it is the creation of privilege. I have tried millinery-work - that did not suit me. I have tried wood-carving for churches - that did not pay. I have sought admission to many another trade - it was not open to women. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.