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Book, page 371 / 433 Lord George gave a sneering smile, looked at Dashwood, and pulled up his boot. "Another thing--you were in the house three weeks with Miss Earl last summer; you met her yesterday evening, and you thought proper not to take the least notice of her." "Miss, Earl, ma'am; was she there?" "Yes, close to you, and you never even bowed to her." "I did not see her, ma'am." "Mrs. Earl spoke to you." "I didn't hear her, ma'am." "I told you of it at the moment." "I didn't understand you, ma'am." "Besides, ma'am," interposed Dashwood, "as to Miss Earl, if she meant that my lord should bow to her, she should have curtsied first to him." "Curtsied first to him!" "Yes, that's the rule--that's the thing now. The ladies are always to speak first." "I have nothing more to say, if that be the case. Lady Augusta, what say you to all this?" "Oh, that it's shocking to be sure!" said Lady Augusta, "if one thinks of it; so the only way is not to think about it." "An excellent bon-mot!" exclaimed Dashwood. "It's _thinking_ that spoils conversation, and every thing else." "But," added Lady Augusta, who observed that her bon-mot was not so much admired by all the company as by Dashwood, "I really only mean, that one
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