Women in Love by D H Lawrence Chapter 30 Page 53

‘Yes, I am surprised,’ he said at length. ‘The English, I thought they were so — cold. And what do you think to do when you leave here?’

‘What do I think to do?’ she repeated.

‘Yes. You cannot go back to the teaching. No — ’ he shrugged his shoulders — ’that is impossible. Leave that to the CANAILLE who can do nothing else. You, for your part — you know, you are a remarkable woman, eine seltsame Frau. Why deny it — why make any question of it? You are an extraordinary woman, why should you follow the ordinary course, the ordinary life?’

Gudrun sat looking at her hands, flushed. She was pleased that he said, so simply, that she was a remarkable woman. He would not say that to flatter her —