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Chapter 35

           Ifanyoneofthemisrefused,itiscertainsheaddstohersocialenormities,thegreatercrimeofbeingbeautiful,otherwisetherewouldbenoonetowhisperawayherreputation!Iwaswhatiscalleda‘success’onmypresentationday.Thatis,Iwasstaredat,andopenlyflatteredbycertainmembersofmysexwhoweretoooldanduglytobejealous,andtreatedwithinsolentcontemptbythosewhowereyoungenoughtobemyrivals.TherewasagreatcrushtogetintotheThrone-Room;andsomeoftheladiesusedratherstronglanguage.Oneduchess,justinfrontofme,saidtohercompanion—‘DoasIdo—kickout!Bruisetheirshinsforthem—ashardasyoucan—weshallgetonfasterthen!’Thischoiceremarkwasaccompaniedbythegrinofafishwifeandthestareofadrab.Yetitwasa‘great’ladywhospoke—notaTransatlanticimportation,butawomanofdistinguishedlineageandconnection.HerobservationhoweverwasonlyoneoutofmanysimilarspeecheswhichIheardonallsidesofmeduringthe‘distinguished’mélée—athoroughlyill-mannered‘crush,’whichstruckmeassupremelyvulgarandtotallyunfittingthedignityofourSovereign’scourt.WhenIcurtsiedbeforetheThroneatlast,andsawthemajestyoftheEmpirerepresentedbyakindlyfacedoldlady,lookingverytiredandbored,whosehandwasascoldasicewhenIkissedit,Iwasconsciousofanintensefeelingofpityforherinherhighestate.

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