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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Secret Places of the Heart by H. G. Wells: "Honest. Friendly. Of all the women I have known, this woman
who was here with me came nearest to being my friend. You
know, what we call virtue in a woman is a tremendous handicap
to any real friendliness with a man. Until she gets to an age
when virtue and fidelity are no longer urgent practical
concerns, a good woman, by the very definition of feminine
goodness, isn't truly herself. Over a vast extent of her
being she is RESERVED. She suppresses a vast amount of her
being, holds back, denies, hides. On the other hand, there is
a frankness and honesty in openly bad women arising out of
the admitted fact that they are bad, that they hide no
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