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I was talking to Lady Beauwhistle's aunt the other day  she's just come back from Paris, you know. Such a sweet woman"   "And so silly. In these days of the over education of women she's quite refreshing. I WAS TALKING TO LADY BEAUWHISTLE'S AUNT THE OTHER DAY SHE'S JUST COME BACK FROM PARIS YOU KNOW SUCH A SWEET WOMAN AND SO SILLY IN THESE DAYS OF THE OVER EDUCATION OF WOMEN SHE'S QUITE REFRESHING
ldhood that one goes through, wondering what the next course is going to be like--and during the rest of the menu one wishes one had eaten more of the hors d'oeuvres. Don't you love watching the different ways people have of entering a restaurant? There is the woman who races in as though her whole scheme of life were held together by a one-pin despotism which might abdicate its functions at any moment; it's really a relief to see her reach her chair in safety. Then there are the people who troop in with an-unpleasant-duty-to-perform air, as if they were angels of Death entering a plague city. You see that type of Briton very much in hotels abroad. And nowadays there are always the Johannesbourgeois, who bring a Cape-to-Cairo atmosphere with them--what may be called the Rand Manner, I suppose." "Talking about hotels abroad," said the Duchess, "I am preparing notes for a lecture at the Club on the educational effects of modern travel, dealing chiefly with the moral side of the question. Y REMIND ME OF ONE'S CHILDHOOD THAT ONE GOES THROUGH WONDERING WHAT THE NEXT COURSE IS GOING TO BE LIKE AND DURING THE REST OF THE MENU ONE WISHES ONE HAD EATEN MORE OF THE HORS D'OEUVRES DON'T YOU LOVE WATCHING THE DIFFERENT WAYS PEOPLE HAVE OF ENTERING A RESTAURANT THERE IS THE WOMAN WHO RACES IN AS THOUGH HER WHOLE SCHEME OF LIFE WERE HELD TOGETHER BY ONE PIN DESPOTISM WHICH MIGHT ABDICATE ITS FUNCTIONS AT ANY MOMENT IT'S REALLY A RELIEF TO SEE HER REACH HER CHAIR IN SAFETY THEN THERE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO TROOP IN WITH AN UNPLEASANT DUTY TO PERFORM AIR AS IF THEY WERE ANGELS OF DEATH ENTERING A PLAGUE CITY YOU SEE THAT TYPE OF BRITON VERY MUCH IN HOTELS ABROAD AND NOWADAYS THERE ARE ALWAYS THE JOHANNESBOURGEOIS WHO BRING A CAPE TO CAIRO ATMOSPHERE WITH THEM WHAT MAY BE CALLED THE RAND MANOR I SUPPOSE TALKING ABOUT HOTELS ABROAD SAID THE DUCHESS I AM PREPARING NOTES FOR A LECTURE AT THE CLUB ON THE EDUCATIONAL EFFECTS OF MODERN TRAVEL DEALING CHIEFLY WITH THE MORAL SIDE OF THE QUESTION
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