Never Again (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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It is admitted that the days of the old-fashioned, cold, hard, and haughty, but quiet, fine-ladyism have passed; and in its place, we have the active, the aggressive, the impetuously pert and energetically arrogant style. Of this style, you are, I believe, my dear Miss Bilkers, one of the most happy examples. The demonstrative z'nsoucz'auce, if I may be allowed the expression, with which you twist your lithe'figure through the mazes of the cotillion - the insolent vigor with which you repel the contact of common peo ple, at ball or party - the active contemptuousness with which you stare down nobodies as they stroll the piazza of the watering place hotel - or still more, that ineffable expression of combative arrogance - that slap-your-face-for-two-cents kind of a look - that beams from every feature as you roll along in your carriage through Bellevue Avenue, or the drives in the Park - all, all have often excited my admira tion, and now fully warrant this public tribute of regard and esteem from your humble friend.

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