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No matter her past, when a chambermaid marries a lord she becomes

No matter her past, when a chambermaid marries a lord she becomes a lady. – Proverb

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Real good breeding, as the people have it here, is one of the finest things now going in the world. The careful avoidance of all discussion, the swift hopping from topic to topic, does not agree with me; but the graceful style they do it with is beyond that of minuets! – Thomas Carlyle

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