This little innocent incident made a marked impression on Doris, and she never quite forgot it:
To her, it was quite apparent, that the strong Asiatic-strain which was harbored and fused in Irma's genes, had been brought to the fore and come out, with a naturalness which could only emanate from such a source: Perfectly indicative of this, was that Doris, herself, had tried to eat with chop-sticks on several occasions, only to suffer the embarrassment of fumbling, bungling and dropping them altogether, or having the frustrating feeling of the strands of food constantly slipping off just as it was being raised to her mouth.
Applying this little bit of learned wisdom directly to Sylvia Pierce, likewise, the same thing held true:
She had been repressed and inhibited for so long. But, once
