. Thackerayana;. Of Women. * Some of my fair correspondents have lately reproached me withnegligence and indifference to their sex. but if they could knowhow vain I am of so obliging a reprimand, they would be sensible,too, how little I deserved it. I am not so entirely a statue as to beinsensible of the power of beauty, nor so absolutely a womanscreature as to be blind to their little weaknesses, their prettyfollies and impertinences. It will be necessary to inform my readers that my landlady isan eminent milliner, and a considerable dealer in Flanders is one of those whom we call no
. Thackerayana;. Of Women. * Some of my fair correspondents have lately reproached me withnegligence and indifference to their sex. but if they could knowhow vain I am of so obliging a reprimand, they would be sensible,too, how little I deserved it. I am not so entirely a statue as to beinsensible of the power of beauty, nor so absolutely a womanscreature as to be blind to their little weaknesses, their prettyfollies and impertinences. It will be necessary to inform my readers that my landlady isan eminent milliner, and a considerable dealer in Flanders is one of those whom we call notable women; she has runthrough the rough and smooth of life, has a very good plain senseof things, and knows the world, as far as she is concerned in it,very well. I am very much entertained by her company; herdiscourse is sure to be seasoned with scandal, ancient and modern,which, though the morals and gravity of my character do not THE HUMOURIST: 313
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