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simple and vain, and so stupid that they are bored unless there
is a man to entertain them. That is the origin of the legend
of the sensual woman — they are as rare as black swans, or
disciplined, educated women.
Jenny moved Francesca’s portrait on to the easel. The white
blouse and the green skirt looked hard and ugly. It would have
to be toned down. The face was well drawn, the position
good.
This episode with Gram was really nothing to be serious
about. It was time she became reasonable. She must do away
with those silly notions that she was afraid of every man she
met — as with Gunnar in the beginning — afraid of falling in
love with him, and almost more of his falling in love with her:
a thing she was so unused to that it bewildered her.
Why could one not be friends with a man? If not, the
world would be all a muddle. She and Gunnar were friends —
a solid, comfortable friendship.
There was much about Gram that would make a friendship
between them quite natural. They had had much the same
experiences. He was so young and so full of confidence in her;
she liked his “Is it not?” and “Don’t you think?” He had
talked yesterday about being in love with her — he thought at
least he was, he said. She smiled to herself. A man would
not speak to her as he had done if he had really fallen in love
with a woman and wanted to win her.
“He is a dear boy; that’s what he is.”
Today he had not broached the subject. She liked him when
he said that if he had been really fond of the girl he would
have wished her happiness with the other man.
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