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Of course, as I say, one never really _knows_ one's ground, and one may make mistakes occasionally. But then one's mistakes sometimes turn out assets in the long run: if we had never bungled away our American colonies we might never have had the boy from the States to teach us how to wear our hair and cut our clothes, and we must get our ideas from somewhere, I suppose. Even the Hooligan was probably invented in China centuries before we thought of him. OF COURSE AS I SAY ONE NEVER REALLY KNOWS ONE'S GROUND AND ONE MAY MAKE MISTAKES OCCASIONALLY BUT THEN ONE'S MISTAKES SOMETIMES TURN OUT ASSETS IN THE LONG RUN IF WE HAD NEVER BUNGLED AWAY OUR AMERICAN COLONIES WE MIGHT NEVER HAVE HAD THE BOY FROM THE STATES TO TEACH US HOW TO WEAR OUR HAIR AND CUT OUR CLOTHES AND WE MUST GET OUR IDEAS FROM SOMEWHERE I SUPPOSE EVEN THE HOOLIGAN WAS PROBABLY INVENTED IN CHINA CENTURIES BEFORE WE THOUGHT OF HIM
f the others; and there _are_ others--the girl, for instance, who reads Meredith, and appears at meals with unnatural punctuality in a frock that's made at home and repented at leisure. She eventually finds her way to India and gets married, and comes home to admire the Royal Academy, and to imagine that an indifferent prawn curry is for ever an effective substitute for all that we have been taught to believe is luncheon. It's then that she is really dangerous; but at her worst she is never quite so bad as the woman who fires _Exchange and Mart_ questions at you without the least provocation. Imagine the other day, just when I was doing my best to understand half the things I was saying, being asked by one of those seekers after country home truths how many fowls she could keep in a run ten feet by six, or whatever it was! I told her whole crowds, as long as she kept the door shut, and the idea didn't seem to have struck her before; at least, she brooded over it for the rest of dinner. UNTERBALANCE SOME OF THE OTHERS AND THERE ARE OTHERS THE GIRL FOR INSTANCE WHO READS MEREDITH AND APPEARS AT MEALS WITH UNNATURAL PUNCTUALITY IN A FROCK THAT'S BEEN MADE AT HOME AND REPENTED AT LEISURE SHE EVENTUALLY FINDS HER WAY TO INDIA AND GETS MARRIED AND COMES HOME TO ADMIRE THE ROYAL ACADEMY AND TO IMAGINE THAT AN INDIFFERENT PRAWN CURRY IS FOR EVER AN EFFECTIVE SUBSTITUTE FOR ALL THAT WE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT TO BELIEVE IS LUNCHEON IT'S THEN THAT SHE IS REALLY DANGEROUS BUT AT HER WORST SHE IS NEVER QUITE SO BAD AS THE WOMAN WHO FIRES EXCHANGE AND MART QUESTIONS AT YOU WITHOUT THE LEAST PROVOCATION IMAGINE THE OTHER DAY JUST WHEN I WAS DOING MY BEST TO UNDERSTAND HALF THE THINGS I WAS SAYING BEING ASKED BY ONE OF THOSE SEEKERS AFTER COUNTRY HOME TRUTHS HOW MANY FOWLS SHE COULD KEEP IN A RUN TEN FEET BY SIX OR WHATEVER IT WAS I TOLD HER WHOLE CROWDS AS LONG AS SHE KEPT THE DOOR SHUT AND THE IDEA DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE STRUCK HER BEFORE AT LEAST SHE BROODED OVER IT FOR THE REST OF DINNER
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