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Chapter 28

           Hedidsointhepresentinstance,andIwasplacedintheoddpositionofhavingtoentertaincertainpeoplewhomIhadnevermetbefore,andwho,withthequestionabletastefrequentlyexhibitedamongthe‘upperten,’lookeduponmemerelyas"themanwiththemillions,"thecatererfortheirprovisions,andnomoredirectingtheirchiefattentiontoSibyl,whowasbyvirtueofherbirthandassociationsoneoftheir‘set,’andpushingme,theirhost,moreorlessintothebackground.HoweverthegloryofentertainingRoyaltymorethansufficedformypoorprideatthattime,andwithlessself-respectthananhonestcur,Iwascontenttobesnubbedandharassedandworriedahundredtimesadaybyoneortheotherofthe‘great’personageswhowanderedatwillallovermyhouseandgrounds,andacceptedmylavishhospitality.Manypeopleimaginethatitmustbean‘honour’toentertainaselectpartyofaristocrats,butI,onthecontrary,considerthatitisnotonlyadegradationtoone’smanlierandmoreindependentinstincts,butalsoabore.Thesehighly-bred,highly-connectedindividuals,areforthemostpartunintelligent,anddevoidofresourcesintheirownmindstheyarenotgiftedasconversationalistsorwitsonegainsnointellectualadvantagefromtheirsocietytheyaresimplydullfolk,withanexaggeratedsenseoftheirownimportance,whoexpectwherevertheygo,tobeamusedwithouttroubletothemselves.

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