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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! 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
thered afterwards that the meal was tinged with a very unchristian spirit. I suppose it's unlucky to bring peacock's feathers into a house; anyway, there was a blue-pencilly look in my hostess's eye when I took my departure. Some hostesses, of course, will forgive anything, even unto pavonicide (is there such a word?), as long as one is nice-looking and sufficiently unusual to counterbalance 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 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.  UPSTAIRS MYSELF I GATHERED AFTERWARDS THAT THE MEAL WAS TINGED WITH A VERY UNCHRISTIAN SPIRIT I SUPPOSE IT'S UNLUCKY TO BRING PEACOCK'S FEATHERS INTO A HOUSE ANYWAY THERE WAS A BLUE PENCILLY LOOK IN MY HOSTESS'S EYE WHEN I TOOK MY DEPARTURE SOME HOSTESSES OF COURSE WILL FORGIVE ANYTHING EVEN UNTO PAVONICIDE IS THERE SUCH A WORD AS LONG AS ONE IS NICE LOOKING AND SUFFICIENTLY UNUSUAL TO COUNTERBALANCE 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
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