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You go gallivanting over the earth, climbing mountains, looking for the sources of the Nile; and expect women to sit dully at home embroidering. I embroider very badly. I think I would excavate rather well.

你们必飘流四方，翻山越岭，寻找尼罗河的源头;希望妇女们呆呆地坐在家里绣花。我的刺绣很差。我想我会挖掘得相当好。

— Elizabeth Peters 伊丽莎白·彼得斯