"Wonderful, wonderful," repeated Eileen. "We all, men and women, start level again. Equality, Jasper, It's a beautiful word--Equality. Of course I know how unequal we all are from one point of view, and there must come a sort of aristocracy of intellect and efficiency. But underneath there will be a true equality for all that, and we shall see to it that no man or woman can abuse their powers by making slaves again. What a world of slaves it used to be, and we weren't even slaves to intellect and efficiency, only to wealth and to money, and to some foolish idea of position and power." "Well, we've got our work to do, here and now," said Jasper after a long pause. "Work? Of course, and I love it," returned Eileen, "and while we work we've got to think and teach." The tide was coming in steadily, and near them an old boat that had been lying on the mud was now afloat once more and had taken on some of its old dignity. Eileen pointed to it. "We're afloat again," she remarked. "Embarked on the greatest plan the world has ever known," added Jasper. "Oh, it's all part of the great plan," concluded Eileen. THE END End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Goslings, by J. D. Beresford