Agnes H. Morton Quote
Most parents feel keenly the embarrassment of having the infant misbehave... and they are apt to offer a tacit apology and a vague self-defense by sharply reprimanding the child in words that are meant to give the visitor the idea that they — the parents — never heard or saw such conduct before, and are now frozen with amazement.
Etiquette: Good Manners for All People (1892)
