She knew that girls of Kitty's age formed societies of some sort, went to courses of lectures, made friends freely with men, and drove alone through the streets; many no longer curtsied, and above all every one of them was firmly convinced that the choice of a husband was her own and not her parents' business.
Veía a las amigas de Kitty formar sociedades, asistir a no se sabía qué cursos, tratar a los hombres con libertad, ir en coche solas, prescindir muchas de ellas, en sus saludos, de hacer reverencias y, lo que era peor, estar todas persuadidas de que la elección de marido era cosa suya y no de sus madres.