Book 3, Chapter 10: The Voice of the World

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​⁠If you were to accost the average layman, especially the layman who has, at one time or another, found his personal affairs, or those of his friends, casually illuminated by the straying search-light of newspaper notoriety, and put this hypothetical question to him: What chance would there be that a young married woman, who, in a social sense, really "belonged," could leave her husband for a music