Thursday, January 10, 2019

Daily Dose

From Domestic Manners of the Americans, by Frances Trollope

IF

"If it was a female, she took off her hat; if a male, he kept it on, and then taking possession of the first chair in their way, they would retain it for an hour together, without uttering another word; at length, rising abruptly, they would again shake hands, with 'Well, now I must be going, I guess,' and so take themselves off, apparently well contented with their reception."

From Chapter X

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