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"Oh, by no means. The fashion just now is a Roman Catholic frame of mind with an Agnostic conscience: you get the mediaeval picturesqueness of the one with the modern conveniences of the other." OH BY NO MEANS THE FASHION JUST NOW IS A ROMAN CATHOLIC FRAME OF MIND WITH AN AGNOSTIC CONSCIENCE YOU GET THE MEDIAEVAL PICTURESQUENESS OF THE ONE WITH THE MODERN CONVENIENCES OF THE OTHER
replied Reginald, "has the Russian Empire. The trouble is that the limits are not always in the same place." Reginald and the Duchess regarded each other with mutual distrust, tempered by a scientific interest. Reginald considered that the Duchess had much to learn; in particular, not to hurry out of the Carlton as though afraid of losing one's last 'bus. A woman, he said, who is careless of disappearances is capable of leaving town before Goodwood, and dying at the wrong moment of an unfashionable disease. The Duchess thought that Reginald did not exceed the ethical standard which circumstances demanded. "Of course," she resumed combatively, "it's the prevailing fashion to believe in perpetual change and mutability, and all that sort of thing, and to say we are all merely an improved form of primeval ape--of course you subscribe to that doctrine?" "I think it decidedly premature; in most people I know the process is far from complete." "And equally of course you are quite irreligious? MITS SO FOR THE MATTER OF THAT REPLIED REGINALD HAS THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE THE TROUBLE IS THAT THE LIMITS ARE NOT ALWAYS IN THE SAME PLACE REGINALD AND THE DUCHESS REGARDED EACH OTHER WITH MUTUAL DISTRUST TEMPERED BY A SCIENTIFIC INTEREST REGINALD CONSIDERED THAT THE DUCHESS HAD MUCH TO LEARN IN PARTICULAR NOT TO HURRY OUT OF THE CARLETON AS THOUGH AFRAID OF LOSING ONE'S LAST BUS A WOMAN HE SAID WHO IS CARELESS OF DISAPPEARANCES IS CAPABLE OF LEAVING TOWN BEFORE GOODWOOD AND DYING AT THE WRONG MOMENT OF AN UNFASHIONABLE DISEASE THE DUCHESS THOUGHT THAT REGINALD DID NOT EXCEED THE ETHICAL STANDARD WHICH CIRCUMSTANCES DEMANDED OF COURSE SHE RESUMED COMBATIVELY IT'S THE PREVAILING FASHION TO BELIEVE IN PERPETUAL CHANGE AND MUTABILITY AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING AND TO SAY WE ARE ALL MERELY AN IMPROVED FORM OF PRIMEVAL APE OF COURSE YOU SUBSCRIBE TO THAT DOCTRINE I THINK IT DECIDEDLY PREMATURE IN MOST PEOPLE I KNOW THE PROCESS IS FAR FROM COMPLETE AND EQUALLY OF COURSE YOU ARE QUITE IRRELIGIOUS
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