Chapter 27 quotes Flashcards
1
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“It was Beaufort when…
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…he covered you with jewels, and its got to stay Beaufort now that he’s covered you with shame’
2
Q
“They smell less…
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…if one of them blows out”
3
Q
‘the ugliest things were being…
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…said of Beaufort’s dastardly manoeuvre, and his failure promised to be one of the most discreditable in the history of Wall Street’
4
Q
‘there was nothing to do…
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…but discuss in hushed tones the consequences of Beaufort’s dishonour and of his wife’s unjustifiable action’
5
Q
‘the mere idea of a woman…
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…appealing to her family to screen her husband’s business dishonour was unaddressable, since it was the one thing that the family, as an institution, could not do’
