"And this 'll be your second, and you know how these things are managed. No gentleman 'll marry her because she runs after him. Girls as knows what they're about should let the gentlemen run after them. That's my way of looking at it."
"Don't you think they should be equal in that respect?"
"Anyways the girls shouldn't let on as they are running after the gentlemen. A gentleman goes here and he goes there, and he speaks up free, of course. In my time, girls usen't to do that. But then, maybe, I'm old-fashioned," added Mrs. Pipkin, thinking of the new dispensation.
"I suppose girls do speak for themselves more than they did formerly."

"But you know how these things are managed. No gentleman'll marry her because she runs after him. Girls should let the gentlemen run after them. Or anyways the girls shouldn't let on as they are running after the gentlemen. But then, maybe, I'm old-fashioned," added Mrs. Pipkin. 