ety of their own as opposed to
  “quite the lady’s man” and “quite the gentleman’s woman.” It also adds
  an important item to social decorum by abolishing _e.g._ such
  indecencies as the “ballroom _flirtation_”—a word which must be
  borrowed from us, not translated by foreigners. And especially it
  gives to religious meetings, a tone which the presence of women
  modifies and not for the better. Perhaps, the best form is that
  semi-seclusion of the sex, which prevailed in the heroic ages of
  Greece, Rome, and India (before the Moslem invasion), and which is
  perpetuated in Christian Armenia and in modern Hellas. It is a
  something between the conventual strictness of Al-Islam and the
  liberty, or rather licence, of the “Anglo-Saxon” and the
  “Anglo-American.” And when England shall have cast off that peculiar
  insularity which makes her differ from all civilised peoples, she will
  probably abolish three gross abuses, time-honoured scandals, which
  bear very heavily on women and children. The first is the Briton’s
  right to will property away from his wife and offspring. The second is
  the action for “breach of promise,” salving the broken heart with
  pounds, shillings, and pence: it should be treated simply as an
  exaggerated breach of contract. The third is the procedure popularly
  called “Crim. Con.,” and this is the most scandalous of all: the
  offence is against the rights of property, like robbery or burglary,
  and it ought to be treated criminally with fine, imprisonment and in
  cases with corporal punishment after the sensible procedure of Moslem
  law.

Footnote 376:

  “Moon of the age,” a name which has before occurred.

Footnote 377:

  The Malocchio or gettatura, so often noticed.

Footnote 378:

  The crescent of the month Zu ’l-Ka’dah when the Ramazan-fast is
  broken. This allusion is common. Comp. vol. i. 84.

Footnote 379:

  This line contains one of the Yes, Yes and No, No trifles alluded to
  in vol. ii. 60. Captain Lockett (M. A