Guards knew when blue devils had seized the inmates of these cages. They couldn't eat. And there were times, too, when even guards couldn't eat. - Theodore Dreiser

Well, here is one who, whatever her defects, probably does what she believes as nearly as possible.

Marriage was not only impossible but unnecessary. He had only to say “Come” and she must obey; it was her destiny.

The long drizzle had begun. Pedestrians had turned up collars and trousers at the bottom. Hands were hidden in the pockets of the umbrella-less - umbrellas were up. The street looked like a sea of round, black-cloth roofs, twisting, bobbing, moving. Trucks and vans were rattling in a noisy line, and everywhere men were shielding themselves as best they could.