'"Well, I never knew before that America had a corner in decency as well as in gold!"
"I'm not talking about decency but about that namby-pamby idealization of women they go in for - and all it has done for them has been to breed a race of confoundedly unpunctual women. No, the fellow's clubs won't turn against him. Why should they? America may be a beauty parlour for women financed by overworked millionaires whose only recreation is telling endless anecdotes - but England is still a man's country - in spite of votes for women and flappers and the Lord-knows-what..."'
from Lily Christine by Michael Arlen (Chapter XIV)
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