How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"She declared she'll never leave him alone while he lives. Though what I say is, if he was so beastly to her, why is she so anxious to go back to him? But of course she's coming near her change of life, for she's years older than he is. And these common, violent women always go partly insane when the change of life comes upon them."(17.81)
"The change of life" is a polite way of saying menopause. In other words, women go crazy when they stop being able to breed. One way or another, women are controlled by their wombs—just like men by a certain other part of their body.