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Not that it really matters nowadays, as I told her: I know some perfectly virtuous people who are received everywhere. NOT THAT IT REALLY MATTERS NOWADAYS AS I TOLD HER I KNOW SOME PERFECTLY VIRTUOUS PEOPLE WHO ARE RECEIVED EVERYWHERE
actically teaches oneself, and the rest obtrudes itself sooner or later. The reason one's elders know so comparatively little is because they have to unlearn so much that they acquired by way of education before we were born. Of course I'm a believer in Nature-study; as I said to Lady Beauwhistle, if you want a lesson in elaborate artificiality, just watch the studied unconcern of a Persian cat entering a crowded salon, and then go and practise it for a fortnight. The Beauwhistles weren't born in the Purple, you know, but they're getting there on the instalment system--so much down, and the rest when you feel like it. They have kind hearts, and they never forget birthdays. I forget what he was, something in the City, where the patriotism comes from; and she--oh, well, her frocks are built in Paris, but she wears them with a strong English accent. So public-spirited of her. I think she must have been very strictly brought up, she's so desperately anxious to do the wrong thing correctly. S WORTH KNOWING ONE PRACTICALLY TEACHES ONE'S SELF AND THE REST OBTRUDES ITSELF SOONER OR LATER THE REASON ONE'S ELDERS KNOW SO COMPARATIVELY LITTLE IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO UNLEARN SO MUCH THAT THEY ACQUIRED BY WAY OF EDUCATION BEFORE WE WERE BORN OF COURSE I'M A BELIEVER IN NATURE'S STUDY AS I SAID TO LADY BEAUWHISTLE IF YOU WANT A LESSON IN ELABORATE ARTIFICIALITY JUST WATCH THE STUDIED UNCONCERN OF A PERSIAN CAT ENTERING A CROWDED SALON AND THEN GO AND PRACTISE IT FOR A FORTNIGHT THE BEAUWHISTLES WEREN'T BORN IN THE PURPLE YOU KNOW BUT THEY'RE GETTING THERE ON THE INSTALMENT SYSTEM SO MUCH DOWN IN THE REST WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE IT THEY HAVE KIND HEARTS AND THEY NEVER FORGET BIRTHDAYS I FORGET WHAT HE WAS SOMETHING IN THE CITY WHERE THE PATRIOTISM COMES FROM AND SHE OH WELL HER FROCKS ARE BUILT IN PARIS BUT SHE WEARS THEM WITH A STRONG ENGLISH ACCENT SO PUBLIC SPIRITED OF HER I THINK SHE MUST HAVE BEEN VERY STRICTLY BROUGHT UP SHE'S SO DESPERATELY ANXIOUS TO DO THE WRONG THING CORRECTLY
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