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"To be clever in the afternoon argues that one is dining nowhere in the evening." "Which reminds me that I can't remember whether I accepted an invitation from you to dine at Kettner's to night." "On the other hand, I can remember with startling distinctness not having asked you to." TO BE CLEVER IN THE AFTERNOON ARGUES THAT ONE IS DINING NOWHERE IN THE EVENING WHICH REMINDS ME I CAN'T REMEMBER WHETHER I ACCEPTED AN INVITATION FROM YOU TO DINE AT KETTNER'S TO NIGHT ON THE OTHER HAND I CAN REMEMBER WITH STARTLING DISTINCTNESS NOT HAVING ASKED YOU TO
inald, "the Academy is a failure." "You think it would be tolerable without the pictures?" "The pictures are all right, in their way; after all, one can always _look_ at them if one is bored with one's surroundings, or wants to avoid an imminent acquaintance." "Even that doesn't always save one. There is the inevitable female whom you met once in Devonshire, or the Matoppo Hills, or somewhere, who charges up to you with the remark that it's funny how one always meets people one knows at the Academy. Personally, I _don't_ think it funny." "I suffered in that way just now," said Reginald plaintively, "from a woman whose word I had to take that she had met me last summer in Brittany." "I hope you were not too brutal?" "I merely told her with engaging simplicity that the art of life was the avoidance of the unattainable." "Did she try and work it out on the back of her catalogue?" "Not there and then. She murmured something about being 'so clever.' Fancy coming to the Academy to be clever! RY THE SECOND OPTIONAL AS A FUNCTION RESUMED REGINALD THE ACADEMY IS A FAILURE YOU THINK IT WOULD BE TOLERABLE WITHOUT THE PICTURES THE PICTURES ARE ALL RIGHT IN THEIR WAY AFTER ALL ONE CAN ALWAYS LOOK AT THEM IF ONE IS BORED WITH ONE'S SURROUNDINGS OR WANTS TO AVOID AN IMMINENT ACQUAINTANCE EVEN THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS SAVE ONE THERE IS THE INEVITABLE FEMALE WHOM YOU MET ONCE IN DEVONSHIRE OR THE METOPO HILLS OR SOMEWHERE WHO CHARGES UP TO YOU WITH THE REMARK THAT IT'S FUNNY HOW ONE ALWAYS MEETS PEOPLE ONE KNOWS AT THE ACADEMY PERSONALLY I DON'T THINK IT'S FUNNY I SUFFERED IN THAT WAY JUST NOW SAID REGINALD PLAINTIVELY FROM A WOMAN WHOSE WORD I HAD TO TAKE THAT SHE HAD MET ME LAST SUMMER IN BRITTANY I HOPE YOU WERE NOT TOO BRUTAL I NEARLY TOLD HER WITH ENGAGING SIMPLICITY THAT THE ART OF LIFE WAS THE AVOIDANCE OF THE UNATTAINABLE DID SHE TRY AND WORK IT OUT ON THE BACK OF HER CATALOGUE NOT THERE AND THEN SHE MURMURED SOMETHING ABOUT BEING SO CLEVER FANCY COMING TO THE ACADEMY TO BE CLEVER
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