‘It has reached our ears,’ he puffed angrily, ‘that the Honourable Madam Neyd makes magical concoctions available to womenfolk who don’t want children. And helps those who are already pregnant to abort the foetus. We, here in Kerack, consider such a practice immoral.’ ‘What a woman has a natural right to,’ replied Coral, dryly, ‘cannot – ipso facto – be immoral.’
