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How frightfully embarrassing to meet a whole shoal of whitebait you had last known at Prince's! I'm sure in my nervousness I should talk of nothing but lemons. HOW FRIGHTFULLY EMBARRASSING TO MEET A WHOLE SHOAL OF WHITEBAIT YOU HAD LAST KNOWN AT PRINCE'S I'M SURE IN MY NERVOUSNESS I SHOULD TALK OF NOTHING BUT LEMONS
ntering 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. 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. They say some people went through the siege of Paris without knowing that France and Germany were at war; but the Beauwhistle aunt is credited with having passed the whole winter in Paris under the impression that the Humberts were a kind of bicycle . . . Isn't there a bishop or somebody who believes we shall meet all the animals we have known on earth in another world? S 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 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 THEY SAY SOME PEOPLE WENT THROUGH THE SIEGE OF PARIS WITHOUT KNOWING THAT FRANCE AND GERMANY WERE AT WAR BUT THE BEAUWHISTLE AUNT IS CREDITED WITH HAVING PASSED THE WHOLE WINTER IN PARIS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE HUMBERTS WERE A KIND OF BICYCLE ISN'T THERE A BISHOP OR SOMEBODY WHO BELIEVES WE SHALL MEET ALL THE ANIMALS WE HAVE KNOWN ON EARTH IN ANOTHER WORLD
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