How we cite our quotes: (Chapter. Paragraph)
Quote #7
Perhaps he kept her even closer than convention demanded. But he was very young, and he could not bear it to be said of him that he did not know how to treat a lady—or to manage a wife. (4.20)
Gino is just as susceptible to social pressure as Lilia and the Herritons. He would be beyond embarrassed if people started thinking he couldn't handle his own wife. What we'd really like to do is get everyone in this novel enrolled in a course on "How To Stop Caring About What People Think."
Quote #8
Evidently she had the usual feminine incapacity for grasping philosophy. (5.75)
Okay, so we really take issue with this remark for obvious reasons. Who says women can't grasp philosophy? Clearly, the narrator hasn't read Hannah Arendt. Philip here is expressing the typical sexist view that women are too weak-minded to think deep thoughts.