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“But she needed a husband because Virginia still operated on the code of gentlemen, meaning there were still things beyond her, places she could not go, deals she could not be party to. And so those two needed each other--Maynard an intelligent partner to save his land and estate, Corrine a gentleman to represent her interests.” — Ta-Nehisi Coates

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But she needed a husband because Virginia still operated on the code of gentlemen, meaning there were still things beyond her, places she could not go, deals she could not be party to. And so those two needed each other--Maynard an intelligent partner to save his land and estate, Corrine a gentleman to represent her interests.
— Ta-Nehisi Coates