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Chapter 27

           ImagineMr.ButlerlivinguptosocialetiquetteandenunciatinghisviewsonPaulVerlaineortheGermandramaorthenovelsofD’Annunzio. We’dbeboredtodeath. I,forone,ifImustlistentoMr.Butler,prefertohearhimtalkabouthislaw. It’sthebestthatisinhim,andlifeissoshortthatIwantthebestofeverymanandwomanImeet." 

           "But,"Ruthhadobjected,"therearethetopicsofgeneralinteresttoall." 

           "There,youmistake,"hehadrushedon. "Allpersonsinsociety,allcliquesinsocietyor,rather,nearlyallpersonsandcliquesapetheirbetters. Now,whoarethebestbetters? Theidlers,thewealthyidlers. Theydonotknow,asarule,thethingsknownbythepersonswhoaredoingsomethingintheworld. Tolistentoconversationaboutsuchthingswouldmeantobebored,whereforetheidlersdecreethatsuchthingsareshopandmustnotbetalkedabout. Likewisetheydecreethethingsthatarenotshopandwhichmaybetalkedabout,andthosethingsarethelatestoperas,latestnovels,cards,billiards,cocktails,automobiles,horseshows,troutfishing,tuna-fishing,big-gameshooting,yachtsailing,andsoforthandmarkyou,thesearethethingstheidlersknow. Inalltruth,theyconstitutetheshop-talkoftheidlers. Andthefunniestpartofitisthatmanyofthecleverpeople,andallthewould-becleverpeople,allowtheidlerssotoimposeuponthem. Asforme,Iwantthebestaman’sgotinhim,callitshopvulgarityoranythingyouplease." 

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