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You may, if you are petulant, retort, "Goodness gracious, if I have got to be thinking all the time of how I am behaving, I shall be a stuck up, unnatural thing, and won't have any fun!" YOU MAY IF YOU ARE PETULANT RETORT GOODNESS GRACIOUS IF I HAVE GOT TO BE THINKING ALL THE TIME OF HOW I AM BEHAVING I SHALL BE A STUCK UP AND NATURAL THING AND WON'T HAVE ANY FUN
racefully, without self-consciousness or swinging arms; and when the dinner has begun, enter into the spirit of it, and endeavor to be agreeable to your neighbors, but never forget that you are in a public place, and that at other tables there are strangers whom you do not know, and before whom you certainly do not wish to make yourself of no account. I have seen boy-and-girl parties at restaurants where, if one had not known the names of the actual people, one would have presumed they were a set of young hoydens imagining themselves at a village feast. All noisy or unrestrained behavior is really very vulgar in any mixed company. I am sure you will agree with me about this, Caroline, and, if you will give yourself time to reflect what self-respect really means, you will discover that, if it is innate, it will guide you better than any words of mine; and that even as an acquired quality it makes the only infallible standard to judge the expediency or inexpediency of certain conduct by.  THROUGH HALLS GRACEFULLY WITHOUT SELF CONSCIOUSNESS OR SWINGING ARMS AND WHEN THE DINNER HAS BEGUN ENTER INTO THE SPIRIT OF IT AND ENDEAVOUR TO BE AGREEABLE TO YOUR NEIGHBOURS BUT NEVER FORGET THAT YOU ARE IN A PUBLIC PLACE AND THAT AT OTHER TABLES THERE ARE STRANGERS WHOM YOU DO NOT KNOW AND BEFORE WHOM YOU CERTAINLY DO NOT WISH TO MAKE YOURSELF OF NO ACCOUNT I HAVE SEEN BOY AND GIRL PARTIES AT RESTAURANTS WHERE IF ONE HAD NOT KNOWN THE NAMES OF THE ACTUAL PEOPLE ONE WOULD HAVE PRESUMED THEY WERE A SET OF YOUNG HOYDENS IMAGINING THEMSELVES AT A VILLAGE FEAST ALL NOISY AND UNRESTRAINED BEHAVIOUR IS REALLY VERY VULGAR IN ANY MIXED COMPANY I AM SURE YOU WILL AGREE WITH ME ABOUT THIS CAROLINE AND IF YOU WILL GIVE YOURSELF TIME TO REFLECT WHAT SELF RESPECT REALLY MEANS YOU WILL DISCOVER THAT IF IT IS INNATE IT WILL GUIDE YOU BETTER THAN ANY WORDS OF MINE AND THAT EVEN AS AN ACQUIRED QUALITY IT MAKES THE ONLY INFALLIBLE STANDARD TO JUDGE THE EXPEDIENCY OR INEXPEDIENCY OF CERTAIN CONDUCT BY
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