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The Custom of the Country (1913)
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Her incessant movements were not the result of shyness: she thought it the correct thing to be animated in society, and noise and restlessness were her only notion of vivacity.
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With Mrs. Fairford conversation seemed to be a concert and not a solo. She kept drawing in the others, giving each a turn, beating time for them with her smile, and somehow harmonizing and linking together what they said.
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Their prejudices reminded him of sign-posts warning off trespassers who have long since ceased to intrude.
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People left him to his sorrow as a man is left to an incurable habit, an unfortunate tie: they ignored it, or looked over its head if they happened to catch a glimpse of it at his elbow.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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Born:
January 24, 1862
Died:
August 11, 1937
(aged 75)
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