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Tell me, who is the woman with the old lace at the table on our left? Oh, _that_ doesn't matter; it's quite the thing nowadays to stare at people as if they were yearlings at Tattersall's." TELL ME WHO IS THE WOMAN WITH THE OLD LACE AT THE TABLE ON OUR LEFT OH THAT DOESN'T MATTER IT'S QUITE THE THING NOWADAYS TO STARE AT PEOPLE AS IF THEY WERE YEARLINGS AT TATTERSALL'S
 moral fibre of the social conscience. There are people one knows, quite nice people when they are in England, who are so _different_ when they are anywhere the other side of the Channel." "The people with what I call Tauchnitz morals," observed Reginald. "On the whole, I think they get the best of two very desirable worlds. And, after all, they charge so much for excess luggage on some of those foreign lines that it's really an economy to leave one's reputation behind one occasionally." "A scandal, my dear Reginald, is as much to be avoided at Monaco or any of those places as at Exeter, let us say." "Scandal, my dear Irene--I may call you Irene, mayn't I?" "I don't know that you have known me long enough for that." "I've known you longer than your god-parents had when they took the liberty of calling you that name. Scandal is merely the compassionate allowance which the gay make to the humdrum. Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people. L TRAVEL DOESN'T TEND TO WEAKEN THE MORAL FIBRE OF THE SOCIAL CONSCIENCE THERE ARE PEOPLE ONE KNOWS QUITE NICE PEOPLE WHEN THEY ARE IN ENGLAND WHO ARE SO DIFFERENT WHEN THEY ARE ANYWHERE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CHANNEL THE PEOPLE WITH WHAT I CALL TAUCHNUTT'S MORALS OBSERVED REGINALD ON THE WHOLE I THINK THEY GET THE BEST OF TWO VERY DESIRABLE WORLDS AND AFTER ALL THEY CHARGE SO MUCH FOR EXCESS LUGGAGE ON SOME OF THOSE FOREIGN LINES THAT IT'S REALLY AN ECONOMY TO LEAVE ONE'S REPUTATION BEHIND ONE OCCASIONALLY A SCANDAL MY DEAR REGINALD IS AS MUCH TO BE AVOIDED AT MONACO OR ANY OF THOSE PLACES AS AT EXETER LET US SAY SCANDAL MY DEAR IRENE I MAY CALL YOU IRENE MAYN'T I I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU HAVE KNOWN ME LONG ENOUGH FOR THAT I'VE KNOWN YOU LONGER THAN YOUR GOD PARENTS HAD WHEN THEY TOOK THE LIBERTY OF CALLING YOU THAT NAME SCANDAL IS MERELY THE COMPASSIONATE ALLOWANCE WHICH THE GAY MAKE TO THE HUMDRUM THINK HOW MANY BLAMELESS LIVES ARE BRIGHTENED BY THE BLAZING INDISCRETIONS OF OTHER PEOPLE
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