Friday, September 07, 2018

In their own class

With the possible exception of Mrs. Emily Post, a few of the haughtier Duchesses and the late Cornelia mother of the Gracchi, the British Barmaid, trained from earliest years to behave with queenly dignity under the most testing conditions, stands along in the matter of poise.

(from Pigs Have Wings, by Sir Pelham Wodehouse)

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