Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 49
dy began to lace. . . .A moralist, a denouncer of the fairsex, a satirist, would have his fling atthis. AVhat thundering epithets andavalanche of words should burst outat such a momentous point in Englishhistory ! However, the lady pleased herself. Not that the lacing was very tight, but it… … 16 ENGLISH COSTUME Our male eyes, trained from infancy upwards toavoid gazing into certain shop windows, ne^^erthelessretain a vivid impression of an awesome affairtherein, which we understood by hints and signsconfined our mothers figures in its deadly grip. That the lady did not lace herself…
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