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The Angel and the Author - and Others

CHAPTER III
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Something mediaeval, I know it is) do, it is true, occasionally converse with titled ladies.

But the period for conversation is always limited owing to the impatience of the man behind; and I doubt if the interview is ever of much practical use to them, as conveying knowledge of the workings of the aristocratic mind.

Those of us who are not Primrose Knights miss even this poor glimpse into the world above us.

We know nothing, simply nothing, concerning the deeper feelings of the upper ten.

Personally, I once received a letter from an Earl, but that was in connection with a dairy company of which his lordship was chairman, and spoke only of his lordship's views concerning milk and the advantages of the cash system.


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