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Date Posted: Tue, September 13 2022, 20:17:14
Author: CindyG
Subject: QOTD for Wednesday, September 14, 2022

The following quote is from Seven Stones to Stand or Fall by Diana Gabaldon, “A Fugitive Green,” chapter 10, “Down to Business.” Copyright 2017 by Diana Gabaldon, all rights reserved.

“She was pleased, therefore, to be able to combine Colonel Quarry’s commission with Lady Buford’s husband-hunting. Rather to Minnie’s surprise, the latter involved a great deal of socializing with females.
‘To be desirable, it is necessary to be talked about, my dear,’ Lady Buford told her over a glass of iced negus at Largier’s tea shop (Madame Largier was French and thought tea itself a distinctly second-class beverage). ‘But you must be talked about in the right way. You must not suggest any hint of scandal, and—just as important—you must not cause jealousy. Be sweet and unassuming, always admire your companions’ frocks and dismiss your own, and do not bat your eyes at their sons or brothers, should such be present.’
‘I’ve never batted my eyes at anyone in my life!’ Minnie said indignantly.
‘It isn’t a difficult technique to master,’ Lady Buford said dryly. ‘But I trust you take my point.’
Minnie did, and as she had no intention whatever of attracting a potential husband, she was extremely popular with the young women of society. Which turned out to be an unexpectedly good thing, because most young women had no discretion whatever, very little judgment, and would tell you the most unspeakable things without batting a single one of their own eyes.”

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