She and the other
women nowadays are getting up all these different movements,
and the way I look at it is that if it amuses her to run
around and talk and attend meetings, why let her do it.
Of course," he continued, assuming a look of great
firmness, "if I liked to put my foot down--"
"Exactly, exactly," I said. "It's the same way with us!"
"Is it now!" he questioned with interest. "I had imagined
that it was all different Outside. You're from the Outside,
aren't you? I guessed you must be from the skins you wear."
"Have you never been Outside?" I asked.
"No fear!" said the Cave-man. "Not for mine! Down here
in the caves, clean underground and mostly in the dark,
it's all right. It's nice and safe." He gave a sort of
shudder. "Gee! You fellows out there must have your nerve
to go walking around like that on the outside rim of
everything, where the stars might fall on you or a thousand
things happen to you. But then you Outside Men have got
a natural elemental fearlessness about you that we Cave-men
have lost. I tell you, I was pretty scared when I looked
up and saw you standing there."
"Had you never seen any Outside Men?" I asked.
"Why, yes," he answered, "but never close.
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