Letter To Moll

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"Moll, As you know, my father was executed for possessing sacrilegious texts. As a child, before moving in with my grandfather, I had the chance to read one of them. It was about a Shek woman that lived a long time ago. She travelled with her companions, fought battles and lived extraordinary adventures before she died in a war. Although my mother punished me for admiring her at the time, I couldn't help but wish I was her. I tried so hard to convince myself that the woman was nothing more than a darkened... It's not the fighting that I dreamed of, it was being considered an equal, living freely, without being reminded that I need to obey my husband, my father, the priests, that I need to bear children and be a chaste woman. All I ever wanted was a chance to choose my life and be considered a person, not like an animal without reason. I managed to conceal the book during my long life and I now give it to you so that you may teach young girls the desire for freedom."