یادداشت

        Alas! A woman that attempts the pen,
Such a presumptuous creature is esteemed,
The fault can by no virtue be redeemed. 
They tell us we mistake our sex and way;
Good breeding, fashion, dancing, dressing, play,
Are the accomplishments we should desire;
To write, to read, to think, or to equire,
Would cloud our beauty, and exhaust our time,
And interrupt the conquests of our prime.
Whilst the dull manage of a servile house
Is held by some our utmost art and use.

بله، همون‌طور که خانم وولف گفتن؛ هر زنی «لازم است پانصد پوند در سال و اتاقی داشته باشد که قفلی بر در آن باشد.»