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GOOD MANNERS AT HOME
Practical jokes are rarely indulged in by persons of nice perceptions, and teasing passes the bounds of good taste when it ceases to be a matter of pure fun from all sides. Inquisitiveness is always bad form. “Whom is your letter from?” “What makes your eyes so red?” are interferences with one’s rightful privacy. A closed door should be respected and give assurance of seclusion.
Camperdown Chronicle, 1933
Rowland inspected his jaw in the shaving mirror before finally rinsing his razor in the porcelain basin of his washstand. He glanced out of the window and saw that the police cars were no longer parked in the drive. Towelling off his face he selected a tie, relieved he no longer had to feign being mortally ill. He tied the Windsor knot with expert and practised
