Women in Love by D H Lawrence Chapter 4 Page 7

the THOUSAND obstacles a woman has in front of her.’

Ursula wondered what was in Gudrun’s mind, to occasion this outburst. She could not understand.

‘What do you want to do?’ she asked.

‘Nothing,’ cried Gudrun, in swift refutation. ‘But supposing I did. Supposing I want to swim up that water. It is impossible, it is one of the impossibilities of life, for me to take my clothes off now and jump in. But isn’t it RIDICULOUS, doesn’t it simply prevent our living!’

She was so hot, so flushed, so furious, that Ursula was puzzled.

The two sisters went on, up the road. They were passing between the trees just below Shortlands.