Note 15 — Chapter X · MOTHERHOOD AND PROSTITUTION
Reading edition
Compare the conversation in Ibsen’s “Peer Gynt,” Act ii., between the father of Solveig and Aase (perhaps the best-drawn mother in all literature) when they were discussing the search for their son:
Aase. “We shall find him.”
Her Husband. “And save his soul.”
Aase. “And his body.”