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It's not what Sonia's accustomed to, it's not what she has a right to expect! exclaimed Lady Dainton with rising indignation.
gpt
That--that _creature_ has been mocking the people who've gone out and given their lives for their country, when half of us in the room are in mourning. As for the woman----
human
I really don't feel _I_ can interfere,
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I didn't know how well you knew David, she said.
human
Of course, he's a delightful, gallant, generous soul--nobody's fonder of him than I am--, but he's so terribly impulsive, don't you know? I really hoped that, when Sonia consented to marry him, she would--well--_tame_ him a little. Dear David _will_ pretend that everybody's like everybody else; well, I don't suppose either of us is a snob, Mr. Stornaway, but there _are_ distinctions, don't you know? We should be called old-fashioned, if we _said_ anything, but some of the people here to-night--of course, Sonia's a wonderful actress, much cleverer than half the professionals you see, so she's got into rather a theatrical set--I suppose that's the modern spirit; Eleanor Ross had a woman lunching with her to-day who six months ago--well, she wouldn't have dared.... But when it comes to turning a private house into a sort of mission-room.... One can carry democracy to excess, don't you know?