text: But why ? She paused a long time , and said at last : " Perhaps ” because I want to be ” free ! " And , as she spoke , I had a sudden vision of broad spaces , virgin tracts of forests , untrodden lands ” and a realization of what freedom would mean to such a nature as Mary Cavendish .
  
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  Mary Cavendish was a free spirit who wanted to explore open spaces and untouched lands .