WHITE LIES
When Jone*, who .Imply loathe* that •• insufferable cad " Smith, *aye, on meeting him at the family gathering, •* Ulad to *ee you, old fellow." , , When young Bertie, who had manoeuvred to take lovely little Flo»«y Hilton in to dinner, is asked at the last moment to do thh polite to a deaf old duchoss, and «ay* to-i|H host, “ With pleasure. ” When, after enduring ten minute*’ excruciating torture in listening to Mis* Screechowl ehriek out some high soprano song, you say with the greatest apparent delight, •• Thanks very much." When the Mi** Exclusives, who " really cannot know those awful people,the Brown*, decline the latter’s Invite, “ deeply regretting they cannot accept, but a prior engagement. When the lateit addition to your holt'l family (all of them awfully ugly) 1* brought in to oe admired, and you profee* to your hoatea* that " you never saw such a lovely child."
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1311, 19 April 1883, Page 2
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147WHITE LIES Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1311, 19 April 1883, Page 2
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