[...] if you want a lesson in elaborate artificiality, just watch the studied unconcern of a Persian cat enter… — Saki

[...] if you want a lesson in elaborate artificiality, just watch the studied unconcern of a Persian cat entering a crowded salon, and then go and practise it for a fortnight.

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