By Celias Arbour a Tale of Portsmouth Town volume 1
By Celias Arbour a Tale of Portsmouth Town volume 1
Walter Besant
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In the case of " carriage company, " a quarter of an hour at the outside was granted, so much at least being needed to impress the street. Humbler friends, in whose case the decanters might be speedily put away, and the needlework resumed, could stay a whole afternoon, if they pleased. On Wednesday and Friday eve- nings those ladies who could boast of having " ex- perienced " religion went to church, and gave themselves little airs on account of superior 88 By Celias Arbour. spirituality. No on...e ever dreamed of inviting him- self to any meal whatever, and if anybody was in- vited, he was made to feel that he was the guest, being pressed to eat of things provided in his honour, and becoming, whether he liked it or not, the centre of conversation. There was, therefore, a good deal of ceremony in our social festivities. The handing of the muffins, the dexterous use of the kettle, the division of the cake at tea, the invitation to hot spirits and water after supper, the request to sing, the management of the album : all these things required grace and deportment ; quite young men went through the prescribed duties with manifest anxiety ; young ladies were careful not to allow their natural happiness over a little social ex- citement to interfere with the exigencies of pro- priety ; middle-aged men took a pride in saying and doing exactly the right thing in the right way.
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