"You said rights," said Sergey Ivanovitch, waiting till Pestsov had finished, "meaning the right of sitting on juries, of voting, of presiding at official meetings, the right of entering the civil service, of sitting in parliament..." "Undoubtedly.

" "But if women, as a rare exception, can occupy such positions, it seems to me you are wrong in using the expression 'rights.

' It would be more correct to say duties.

Every man will agree that in doing the duty of a juryman, a witness, a telegraph clerk, we feel we are performing duties.