“I think you do me an... «The Painted Veil»
whatacat27 мая 2018“I think you do me an injustice,” she said. “It’s not fair to blame me because I was silly and frivolous and vulgar. I was brought up like that. All the girls I know are like that... It’s like reproaching someone who has no ear for music because he’s bored at a symphony concert. Is it fair to blame me because you ascribed to me qualities I hadn’t got? You don’t ask for a pearl necklace or a sable coat at a booth in a fair; you ask for a tin trumpet and a toy balloon.”
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