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`` Yes ; she is -- in the play . But I never could more than half believe that she actually liked it , for all that . Oh , I 've no doubt it 's wrong to prefer ungoverned wrath to sane and controlled sobriety ; but she was so magnificent in her savagery that it seemed a shame she had to be tamed at all . Like the lions and the other animals that they train to jump through hoops , you miss something , you know ; some splendid essence has evaporated , and I for one am sorry to watch it go . '' `` They tell me , '' said the girl , demurely , `` that under the proper conditions and auspices young ladies are secretly glad to be subjugated . '' `` I suppose they have it naturally -- cradle of the race , and all that sort of thing . Just the same , I still continue to prefer Katherine in her first state . ''