" Why not break free now, and make Bingtown a place where folk begin anew, all men standing on an equal footing?" " And all women, too." She must be Sparse's daughter, thought Keffria. Even her voice echoed his in tone. Devouchet looked at her in surprise." It was but a manner of speaking, Ekke," he said mildly." A manner of speaking becomes a manner of thinking. "