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Jed Kelestron jedkelestron at gmail.com
Thu May 5 08:52:57 CDT 2011


>  It's
> my experience that females can sometimes be quite adept at pointing out the
> delusions of males.  (not that this will necessary always be the case)

"Still, like other women in love, salvation was her original purpose,
redemption her eventual privilege; and, like most women, she could not
wait to see him to see him thoroughly damned first, before she stepped
in, believing, perhaps as they do, that if he were saved now he would
never need to be redeemed."

    -- regarding Esther on p. 78



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